The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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To Elkanah Settle, the City-Poet.
Wilt thou then passive see the Sacred BaysTorn from thy Brows in thy declining Days,
And tamely let a Quack usurp thy Place,
So near Guild-Hall, and in my Lord-Mayor's Face?
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And from his City-Quarters drive the Knight.
Let Father Jordan Martial Heat inspire,
And Unkle Taubman fill thy Breast with Fire.
If Bl---re cries, both Arthurs are my own,
Quote thou the fam'd Cambyses, and Pope Joan.
Cheapside at once two Bards can ne'er allow;
But either he must abdicate, or thou.
Then if the Knight still keeps up his Pretence,
E'en turn Physician in thy own Defence.
'Tis own'd by all the Criticks of our Time,
Thou canst as well Prescribe, as Bl---re Rhime.
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