University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop

... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare
Bishop, Samuel (1731-1795)

collapse sectionI. 
VOL. I.
expand section 
ODES.
  
HYMN ON THE SPRING.
  
THE MAN OF TASTE:
  
THE PREACHER:
expand section 
THE FAIRY BENISON;
collapse section 
THE FAIRY BENISON;
expand sectionI. 
SCENE I.
expand section 
VERSES ON OCCASIONAL SUBJECTS.
expand sectionII. 
VOL. II.

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop
next section

EPIGRAM CCLXXVII.

[Quoth Will to Tom, “Folk say, forsooth]

ALIUSQUE ET IDEM.

Quoth Will to Tom, “Folk say, forsooth,
“When old wives ape the airs of Youth,
“My dame has gotten a colt's tooth:—
“If thou'rt a judge, and this be truth,
367

“The reason why declare!”
“Because,” said Thomas, “I suppose
“The mouth wherein that same tooth grows,
“(As many a poor Pilgarlick knows,)
“Whatever change it undergoes,
“Belongs to the Grey Mare!”
previous section The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop
next section