The Poetical Entertainer Or, Tales, Satyrs, Dialogues, And Intrigues, &c. Serious and Comical. All digested into such Verse as most agreeable to the several Subjects. To be publish'd as often as occasion shall offer [by Edward Ward] |
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[If Bread and Cheese and Onions]
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Since some Lady was so kind to send an Answer to the Countryman's description of his Mistress, in order to oblige her, we have introduc'd it with some little Alteration.
Can make a Rogue a Saint,
And Shitrodox Compinions
His wicked Actions paint.
Then Gaffer you may flout me,
As one that looks but odly,
And think I've nought about me
That's fit to please the Godly.
You first impare me to a Colt,
But may the Murrain take me,
If ever such a Looby Dolt
As you, shall ever back me.
Next you do zay I'm like a Cow,
And for my Udders scoff me,
But I'll lead Apes in Hell e're yow
Shall have the milking of me.
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Like Flitch of rusty Bacon,
If e'er you hope you shall command
A Rashier, you're mistaken.
I don't pretend to have a Skin
As fair as Madam Juno,
Tho' reas'd without, 'tis red within,
But that is more than you know.
I'd need be fond of being yours,
You're such a tidy Fellow,
Whose Bristles, like your sandy Boar's,
Are tip'd with Sunburnt yellow.
Go thrash your Barly, tread your Mow,
Or hunt your Hogs with Booby,
For I am no such silly Sow,
To wed with such a Looby.
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