 | The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq |  |
Attend, says Didius, if you will,
I'll make a trial of your skill;
A thought hath just popp'd in my mind,
Let every one a likeness find;
And he that can't a likeness fit
Shall take a glass to whet his wit.
For wine is known to be specific
In making barren brains prolific:
And 'tis past doubt, a bumper will him ease
Who is hard bound in making similies.
A thought doth now my fancy strike;
Pray tell me what my thought is like.
I'll make a trial of your skill;
A thought hath just popp'd in my mind,
Let every one a likeness find;
And he that can't a likeness fit
Shall take a glass to whet his wit.
For wine is known to be specific
In making barren brains prolific:
And 'tis past doubt, a bumper will him ease
Who is hard bound in making similies.
A thought doth now my fancy strike;
Pray tell me what my thought is like.
| The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq | |