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THE SUBSCRIPTION:
AN ANACREONTIQUE, To the Noble and Right Honourable Sir ROBERT WALPOLE, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
------ Nile sine Te ------
Hor.
Hor.
Walpole, Oracle of Sense!
Prodigy of Eloquence!
Guarantee of Publick Credit;
And the very Man, who made it!
Best of Ministers and Friends!
See, O See, your Poet bends—
Mitchell makes another Leg,
And has something new to beg.
Prodigy of Eloquence!
Guarantee of Publick Credit;
And the very Man, who made it!
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See, O See, your Poet bends—
Mitchell makes another Leg,
And has something new to beg.
Lo! to curry your Excuse,
In his Hand he brings the Muse,
Not for Place, or Pension praying,
Nor his Worth and Parts displaying;
But most humbly representing,
That his Works are now a Printing,
Volumes two! Octavo size!
Royal Paper! Guinea Price!
One to Stair, and one address'd
To your Self, his Patrons best!
Patrons, Both of noble Names!
Mitchell's ever sacred Themes!
In his Hand he brings the Muse,
Not for Place, or Pension praying,
Nor his Worth and Parts displaying;
But most humbly representing,
That his Works are now a Printing,
Volumes two! Octavo size!
Royal Paper! Guinea Price!
One to Stair, and one address'd
To your Self, his Patrons best!
Patrons, Both of noble Names!
Mitchell's ever sacred Themes!
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And, whereas He has not yet
Got the Riches He's to get;
Nor can well defray this Charge,
Without a Subscription large;
May it therefore please your Honour,
(Once a Year to him a Donor)
To accept and to dispose
Ten Times Ten Receipts in Prose—
Or (which is the same in Greek,
If a Muse so plain may speak)
Pay the Value, half, or whole;
Either wou'd inspire his Soul,
Whether Peace, or War, ensue,
Still to Sing, and Sing of You.
Got the Riches He's to get;
Nor can well defray this Charge,
Without a Subscription large;
May it therefore please your Honour,
(Once a Year to him a Donor)
To accept and to dispose
Ten Times Ten Receipts in Prose—
Or (which is the same in Greek,
If a Muse so plain may speak)
Pay the Value, half, or whole;
Either wou'd inspire his Soul,
Whether Peace, or War, ensue,
Still to Sing, and Sing of You.
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