Poems on Several Occasions ... To which is added, the Plague of Wealth, Occasion'd By the Author's receiving fifty Pounds from his Excellency the Lord Carteret, for the foremention'd Ode. With several Poems not in the Dublin Edition. By Matthew Pilkington. Revised by the Reverend Dr. Swift |
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The FLEA.
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The FLEA.
Inscrib'd to N. P---, Esq;
Little Hind'rer of my Rest,
Thus I tear thee from my Breast,
Bosom Traytor! pinching Harm!
Wounding me who kept thee warm!
Thro' my Skin thou scatter'st Pains,
Crimson'd o'er with circling Stains.
Thus I tear thee from my Breast,
Bosom Traytor! pinching Harm!
Wounding me who kept thee warm!
Thro' my Skin thou scatter'st Pains,
Crimson'd o'er with circling Stains.
Skipping Mischief! swift as Thought!
Sanguine Insect!—art thou caught!
Nought avail thy nimble Springs,
Caus'd perhaps by viewless Wings;
Those thy Teeth that cheat our Sight
Cease their titillating Bite,
I, from all thy Vengeance freed,
Safe shall sleep, and cease to bleed.
Sanguine Insect!—art thou caught!
Nought avail thy nimble Springs,
Caus'd perhaps by viewless Wings;
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Cease their titillating Bite,
I, from all thy Vengeance freed,
Safe shall sleep, and cease to bleed.
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