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Poems on Affairs of State | ||
Fab. XXI. The Pump.
A
Welsh-man (from his Hills come down)
Saw a strange Engine near a Town;
A high erected Post there stood,
Crown'd with a Janus head of Wood;
One of whose Faces look'd to th'Country,
T'other Phyz o'er the Town was Centry.
A Clown close by gave 't many a thump,
And told admiring Taffy 'twas a Pump:
With this side I my Cellar drain and dry,
With t'other I my Waters want supply,
Here's all I have which in this Bowl stands by.
Sot, quoth the Briton, why dost toil?
Here's not a drop comes all this while.
T'other strait pours the dish of Water
Into the Pump. Thou mendst the matter,
Cry'd Taffy laughing; why dost wast
The Water thou already hast?
Vext with his Ignorance, the Clown
Replied, If ever thou hadst known
How wiser Men can use a Tool,
Thou wouldst not prate so like a Fool:
I threw this Dishful in, thou silly Lout,
Because I'm sure to get a Tubful out.
Saw a strange Engine near a Town;
A high erected Post there stood,
Crown'd with a Janus head of Wood;
One of whose Faces look'd to th'Country,
T'other Phyz o'er the Town was Centry.
A Clown close by gave 't many a thump,
And told admiring Taffy 'twas a Pump:
With this side I my Cellar drain and dry,
With t'other I my Waters want supply,
Here's all I have which in this Bowl stands by.
Sot, quoth the Briton, why dost toil?
Here's not a drop comes all this while.
T'other strait pours the dish of Water
Into the Pump. Thou mendst the matter,
Cry'd Taffy laughing; why dost wast
The Water thou already hast?
Vext with his Ignorance, the Clown
Replied, If ever thou hadst known
How wiser Men can use a Tool,
Thou wouldst not prate so like a Fool:
I threw this Dishful in, thou silly Lout,
Because I'm sure to get a Tubful out.
No wonder some profusely give their Coin,
'Tis easie being liberal on design.
Mony well plac'd at time of need we know,
Tho sprinkled but by P---, makes M--- flow.
'Tis easie being liberal on design.
Mony well plac'd at time of need we know,
Tho sprinkled but by P---, makes M--- flow.
Poems on Affairs of State | ||