The poetical works of John Nicholson ... Carefully edited from the original editions, with additional notes and a sketch of his life and writings. By W. G. Hird |
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The supper ended, what a jovial crew!
Each showed his nets, of those they had not few.
From friend to friend the cheering bumpers ran,
The viol tuned, the merry dance began.
O that some greater bard had present been,
And touched with verse burlesque the festive scene!
Their tattered clothes were such as might have graced
Some farmer's scarecrow in a wheat field placed:
Thus doth misconduct bring the richest down,
And clothe with rags the poacher and the clown.
Each showed his nets, of those they had not few.
From friend to friend the cheering bumpers ran,
The viol tuned, the merry dance began.
O that some greater bard had present been,
And touched with verse burlesque the festive scene!
Their tattered clothes were such as might have graced
Some farmer's scarecrow in a wheat field placed:
Thus doth misconduct bring the richest down,
And clothe with rags the poacher and the clown.
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