A curious fowl and 'sparagus I chose
(For I remember you were fond of those)
Three shillings cost the first, the last seve:
Sullen you turn from both, and call for oa
Others bring goods and treasure to their h
Something to deck their pretty babes and
My only token was a cup like horn,
That’s made of nothing but a lady's corn.
'Tis not for that I grieve ; no, 'tis to see
The groom and sorrel mare preferr’d to m
These, for some moments when

you

de And, at due distance sweet discourse adini 'Tis all my pleasure thy past toil to know For pleas’d remembrance builds delighe on At ev'ry danger pants thy consort's breast, And gaping infants squall to hear the rest. How did I tremble, when by thousands bo I saw thee stretch'd on Lilliputian ground! When scaling armies climb'd up every part Each step they trod I felt upon my heart. But when thy torrent quench'd the dreadfu King, queen, and nation staring with amaz Full in my view how all my husband came And what extinguish'd theirs, increas'd my Those spectacles, ordain'd thine eyes to sa Were once my present; love that armour How did I mourn at Bolgolam's decrce! For, when he sign'd thy death, he sentenc

When folks might see thee all the count For sixpence, I'd have given a thousand pe Lord! when the giant babe that head of th: Got in his mouth, my heart was up in min When in the marrowbone I see thee ramm Or on the house-top by the monkey cramo

The piteous images renew my pain,
And all thy dangers I weep o'er again.
But on the maiden's nipple when you rid,
Pray heaven, 'twas all a wanton maiden did !
Glumdalclitch too !-with thee I mourn her case:
Heaven guard the gentle girl from all disgrace !
0 may the king that one neglect forgive,
And pardon her the fault by which I live!
Was there no other way to set him free?
My life, alas ! I fear prov'd death to thee.

O teach me, dear, new words to speak my flame !
Teach me to woo thee by the best lov'd name !
Whether the style of Grildrig please thee most,
So callid on Brobdingnag's stupendous coast,
When on the monarch's ample hand you sate,
And halloo'd in his ear intrigues of state ;
Or Quinbus Flestrin more endearment brings,
When like a mountain you look'd down on kings:
If ducal Nardac, Lilliputian peer,
Or Glumglum's humbler title sooth thine ear :
Nay, would kind Jove my organs so dispose,
To hynin harmonious Houyhnhnm thro' the nose,
I'd call thee Houyhnhnm, that high-sounding name ;
Thy children's noses all should twang the same.
So might I find my loving spouse of course
Endued with all the virtues of a horse.

TO

TO

QUINBUS FLESTRI

THE

MAN-MOUNTAIN.

A LILLIPUTIAN ODE.

IN amaze
Lost I gaze!
Can our eyes
Reach thy size?
May my lays
Swell with praise,
Worthy thee!
Worthy me!
Muse, inspire
All thy fire !
Bards of old
Of him told,
When they said
Atlas' head

Propp'd the skies:
See! and believe your eyes

See him stride
Vallies wide,
Over woods,
Over floods !
When he treads,
Mountains heads

Groan and shake:
Arinies quake;
Lest his spurn
Overturn
Man and steed:
Troops take heed!
Left and right,
Speed your flight!

Lest a host
Beneath his foot be lost!

Turn'd aside
From his hide
Safe from wound,
Darts rebound.
From his nose
Clouds he blows:
When he speaks,
Thunder breaks !
When he eats,
Famine threats !
When he drinks,
Neptune shrinks !
Nigh thy ear,
In mid air,
On thy hand
Let me stand;

So shall 1,
Lofty poet ! touch the sky.

A GEN

A GENTLE ECHO ON WC

IN THE DORICK MANNE

SHEPHERD. ECHO, I ween, will in the woods rep And quaintly answer questions : shall

SHEPHERD. What must we do our passion to expr

SHEPHERD. How shall I please her who ne'er lov'

SHEPHERD. What most moves women when we th:

SHEPHERD. Şay, what can keep her chaste, whom

SHEPHERD. If musick softens rocks, love tunes my

SHEPHERD. Then teach me, Echo, how shall I co

SHEPHERD. When bought, no question, I shall be

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* This writer seems to have been indebted ling's Aurora, 4to, 1604; or to The Hog! See Mr. Read's Note in Dodsley's Old Plays