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spite of _Addison_ and ancient _Rome_, Sir _Cloudesly Shovel_'s is my fav'rite tomb. How oft have I with admiration stood, To view some City-magistrate in wood? I gaze with pleasure on a Lord May'r's head, Cast with propriety in gilded lead. Oh could I view through _London_ as I pass, Some broad Sir _Balaam_ in _Corinthian_ brass; High on a pedestal, ye Freemen, place His magisterial Paunch and griping Face; _Letter'd and Gilt_, let him adorn _Cheapside_, And grant the _Tradesman_, what a _King_'s deny'd. Old Coins and Medals I collect, 'tis true, Sir _Andrew_ has 'em, and I'll have 'em too. But among friends if I the truth might speak, I like the modern, and despise th' antique. Tho' in the draw'rs of my japan _Bureau_, To Lady _Gripeall_ I the _Caesars_ shew, 'Tis equal to her Ladyship or me, A copper _Otho_, or a _Scotch Baubee_. Without _Italian_, or without an ear, To _Bononcini_'s musick I adhere: Musick has charms to sooth a savage beast, And therefore proper at a Sheriff's feast. My soul has oft a secret pleasure found, In the harmonious Bagpipe's lofty sound. Bagpipes for men, shrill _German-flutes_ for boys, I'm _English_ born, and love a grumbling noise. The Stage should yield the solemn Organ's note, And Scripture tremble in the Eunuch's throat. Let _Senesino_ sing, what _David_ writ, And _Hallelujahs_ charm the pious pit. Eager in throngs the town to _Hester_ came, And _Oratorio_ was a lucky name. Thou, _Heeideggre!_ the _English_ taste has found, And rul'st the mob of quality with sound. In _Lent_, if Masquerades displease the town, Call 'em _Ridotto_'s, and they still go down: Go on, Prince _Phyz_! to please the British nation, Call thy next _Masquerade_ a _Convocation_. Bears, Lyons, Wolves, and Elephants I breed, And _Philosophical Transactions_ read. Next Lodge I'll be _Free-Mason_, nothing less, Unless I happen to be _F.R.S._ I have a _Palate_, and (as yet) _two Ears_, Fit company for _Porters_, or for _Peers_. Of ev'ry useful knowledge I've a share, But my top talent is a bill of fare. Sir Loins and rumps of beef offend my eyes, Pleas'd with frogs fricasseed, and coxcomb-pies. Dishes I chuse though little, yet genteel, _Snails_ the first course, and _Peepers_ crown the meal. Pigs heads with hair on, much my fancy please, I love young colly-flow'rs if stew'd in cheese,
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