Peter Faultless to his brother Simon tales of night, in rhyme, and other poems. By the author of Night [i.e. Ebenezer Elliott] |
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A SKETCH OF ONE WHO CANNOT BE
CARICATURED. |
 | Peter Faultless to his brother Simon |  |
A SKETCH OF ONE WHO CANNOT BE CARICATURED.
Friend! when thou walk'st, in majesty, abroad,Say, why doth laughter take, with thee, the road?
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Straggling and sharp, are streak'd with greenish grey;
Though bristles arm thine horizontal nose,
While on thy cheek grow bristles stiff as those;
And though thine eyes are where thine ears should be;
Let not derision shake his sides at thee.
Nor, while with bended back, and elbows wide,
Thou bears't thy bum, on shuffling legs astride,
Let the girt horseman stop, in mute surprise,
As if, far off, he smelt thee with his eyes.
| Peter Faultless to his brother Simon | |