Gulliveriana or, a fourth volume of miscellanies. Being a Sequel of the Three Volumes published by Pope and Swift. To which is added, Alexanderiana; or, A Comparison between the Ecclesiastical and Poetical Pope. And many Things, in Verse and Prose, relating to the latter. With an ample Preface; and a Critique on the Third Volume of Miscellanies lately publish'd by those two facetious Writers [by Jonathan Smedley] |
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A Poem upon Rover, a Lady's Spaniel.
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A Poem upon Rover, a Lady's Spaniel.
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The following Poem was writ to affront a Lady of eminent Virtue, through Envy to her Husband, who was in an high Station above the Captain, and to ridicule Mr. Philip's Poem on Miss Carteret.
Happiest of the Spaniel Race,
Painter, with thy Colours grace,
Draw his Forehead large and high,
Draw his blue and humid Eye,
Draw his Neck so smooth and round,
Little Neck, with Ribbons bound,
And the Muscly swelling Breast,
Where the Loves and Graces rest,
And the spreading even Back,
Soft and sleek, and glossy Black,
And the Tail that gently twines
Like the Tendrils of the Vines,
And the silky twisted Hair
Shadowing thick the Velvet Ear,
Velvet Ears, which hanging low,
O'er the Veiny Temples flow.
Painter, with thy Colours grace,
Draw his Forehead large and high,
Draw his blue and humid Eye,
Draw his Neck so smooth and round,
Little Neck, with Ribbons bound,
And the Muscly swelling Breast,
Where the Loves and Graces rest,
And the spreading even Back,
Soft and sleek, and glossy Black,
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Like the Tendrils of the Vines,
And the silky twisted Hair
Shadowing thick the Velvet Ear,
Velvet Ears, which hanging low,
O'er the Veiny Temples flow.
With a proper Light and Shade,
Let the Winding Hoop be laid,
And within that arching Bow'r
(Sacred Circle, mystick Pow'r)
In a downy Slumber place,
Happiest of the Spaniel Race,
While the soft perspiring Dame,
Glowing with the softest Flame,
On the ravish'd Fav'rite powers
Balmy Dews, Ambrosial Show'rs.
Let the Winding Hoop be laid,
And within that arching Bow'r
(Sacred Circle, mystick Pow'r)
In a downy Slumber place,
Happiest of the Spaniel Race,
While the soft perspiring Dame,
Glowing with the softest Flame,
On the ravish'd Fav'rite powers
Balmy Dews, Ambrosial Show'rs.
With thy utmost Skill express
Nature in her richest Dress,
Limped Rivers smoothly flowing,
Orchards by those Rivers blowing
Curling Woodbine, Myrtle Shade,
And the gay enamel'd Mead,
Where the Linnets sit and sing,
Little Sportlings of the Spring,
Where the breathing Field and Grove,
Smooth the Heart and kindle Love;
Here for me and for the Muse
Colours of Resemblance choose,
Make of Lineaments divine
Dapply Female Spaniels shine,
Pretty Fondlings of the Fair,
Gentle Damsels, gentle Care:
But to one alone impart
All the Flatt'ry of thy Art;
Crowd each Feature, crowd each Grace,
Which compleat the DESPERATE FACE.
Let the spotted wanton Dame
Feel a new resistless Flame;
Let the happiest of his Race
Win the Fair to his Embrace;
But in Shade the rest conceal,
Nor to Sight their Joys reveal,
Lest the Pencil and the Muse
Loose Desires and Thoughts infuse.
Nature in her richest Dress,
Limped Rivers smoothly flowing,
Orchards by those Rivers blowing
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And the gay enamel'd Mead,
Where the Linnets sit and sing,
Little Sportlings of the Spring,
Where the breathing Field and Grove,
Smooth the Heart and kindle Love;
Here for me and for the Muse
Colours of Resemblance choose,
Make of Lineaments divine
Dapply Female Spaniels shine,
Pretty Fondlings of the Fair,
Gentle Damsels, gentle Care:
But to one alone impart
All the Flatt'ry of thy Art;
Crowd each Feature, crowd each Grace,
Which compleat the DESPERATE FACE.
Let the spotted wanton Dame
Feel a new resistless Flame;
Let the happiest of his Race
Win the Fair to his Embrace;
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Nor to Sight their Joys reveal,
Lest the Pencil and the Muse
Loose Desires and Thoughts infuse.
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