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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VERSES, fix'd on the Cathedral Door, the Day of Dean Gulliver's Installment.
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VERSES, fix'd on the Cathedral Door, the Day of Dean Gulliver's Installment.
I
To day, this Temple gets a Dean,Of Parts and Fame, uncommon;
Us'd, both to Pray, and to Prophane,
To serve both God and Mammon.
II
When Wharton reign'd, a Whig he was;When Pembroke, that's Dispute, Sir:
In Oxford's Time, what Oxford pleas'd;
Non-Con, or Jack, or Neuter.
III
This Place He got by Wit and Rhime.And many Ways most odd;
And might a Bishop be, in Time,
Did he believe in God.
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IV
For High-Churchmen and PolicyHe swears he prays, most hearty;
But wou'd pray back again, wou'd be
A Dean of any Party.
V
Your Lessons! Dean, all, in one Day,Faith! it is hard, that's certain:
'Twere better hear thy'own Peter say,
G---d d---n the Jack and Martin.
VI
Hard! to be plagu'd with Bible, still,And Prayer-Book before thee;
Hadst thou not Wit, to think, at Will,
On some diverting Story?
VII
Look down, St. Patrick, look, we pray,On thine own Church and Steeple;
Convert thy Dean, on this Great Day;
Or else God help the People!
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VIII
And now, whene'er his Deanship dies,Upon his Tomb be 'graven;
A Man of God here buried lies,
Who never thought of Heaven.
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