The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] ... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes |
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ODE XIV.
Peter attacketh the Exotic R. A.'s
Ye royal sirs! before I bid adieu,—
Let me inform you, some deserve my praise:
But trust me, gentle 'squires, ye are but few
Whose names would not disgrace my lays:
You'll say, with grinning sharp sarcastic face,
‘We must be bad indeed, if that's the case’—
Why, if the truth I must declare,
So, gentle 'squires, you really are.
Let me inform you, some deserve my praise:
But trust me, gentle 'squires, ye are but few
Whose names would not disgrace my lays:
You'll say, with grinning sharp sarcastic face,
‘We must be bad indeed, if that's the case’—
Why, if the truth I must declare,
So, gentle 'squires, you really are.
I'm greatly pleas'd, I must allow,
To see the foreigners beat hollow;
Who stole into that dome the Lord knows how:
I hope to God no more will follow:
Who, curs'd with a poor sniv'ling spirit,
Were never known to vote for merit—
To see the foreigners beat hollow;
Who stole into that dome the Lord knows how:
I hope to God no more will follow:
Who, curs'd with a poor sniv'ling spirit,
Were never known to vote for merit—
Poor narrow-minded imps,
Hanging together just like shrimps.
I own (so little they have merited)
That from yon noble dome,
Made almost an Italian and French home,
I long to see the vermin ferreted.
Hanging together just like shrimps.
I own (so little they have merited)
That from yon noble dome,
Made almost an Italian and French home,
I long to see the vermin ferreted.
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Yet where's the house, however watch'd by cats,
That can get rid of all its rats?
Or, if a prettier simile may please,
Where is the bed that has no fleas?
Or if a prettier still—what London rugs
Have not at times been visited by bugs?
That can get rid of all its rats?
Or, if a prettier simile may please,
Where is the bed that has no fleas?
Or if a prettier still—what London rugs
Have not at times been visited by bugs?
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