Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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THE PHANTASMAGORIA. |
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THE PHANTASMAGORIA.
Come ye for delight, who the marvellous stick to,
Attend to a story, mirabile dictu!
It's of the fam'd Phantasmagoria a detail,
Where spirits are dealt in, both wholesale and retail.
Conjuration, &c.
Attend to a story, mirabile dictu!
It's of the fam'd Phantasmagoria a detail,
Where spirits are dealt in, both wholesale and retail.
Conjuration, &c.
On this traffic in spirits some punsters are skittish,
And waggishly ask, “if they're Foreign or British?”
And with but little thought the reply may be made,
“All true British Spirits are substance, not shade.”
Animation, &c.
And waggishly ask, “if they're Foreign or British?”
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“All true British Spirits are substance, not shade.”
Animation, &c.
On physics they say all these spirits depend,
And they'll shew you the features of any dead friend;
That's a proof, for what better than physic will do
To bring the appearance of dead men to view?
Demonstration, &c.
And they'll shew you the features of any dead friend;
That's a proof, for what better than physic will do
To bring the appearance of dead men to view?
Demonstration, &c.
There are “black spirits, blue spirits, white spirits, and grey,”
And spectres as grim looking as quarter-day;
But tho' they look terrible, yet their power's taper,
For, like moderate duels, they all end in vapour.
Moderation, &c.
And spectres as grim looking as quarter-day;
But tho' they look terrible, yet their power's taper,
For, like moderate duels, they all end in vapour.
Moderation, &c.
Tho' grim, they're all beauties to the spirit of law,
Which even the boldest his horns in makes draw,
And look like a debtor attack'd by a dun,
Or a fanatic meeting, the spirit of fun.
Botheration, &c.
Which even the boldest his horns in makes draw,
And look like a debtor attack'd by a dun,
Or a fanatic meeting, the spirit of fun.
Botheration, &c.
But spirits in this land are not such new jokes,
For the spirit of hartshorn oft plagues married folks;
They're spirits of vitriol who to scandal incline,
And drunkards are certainly spirits of wine.
Fermentation, &c.
For the spirit of hartshorn oft plagues married folks;
They're spirits of vitriol who to scandal incline,
And drunkards are certainly spirits of wine.
Fermentation, &c.
And there are the spirits of truth and of fiction,
And we all know the spirit of contradiction;
Yet rather too far the assertion I've carried,
For 'faith I forgot, we're not all of us married.
Alteration, &c.
And we all know the spirit of contradiction;
Yet rather too far the assertion I've carried,
For 'faith I forgot, we're not all of us married.
Alteration, &c.
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