FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   >>  
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,
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   >>  



Top keywords:
English
 

pleasure

 

Prince

 

Ridotto

 

quality

 
Masquerades
 
displease
 

nation

 
Wolves
 

Elephants


Transactions

 

Philosophical

 
Convocation
 

British

 
Masquerade
 

ancient

 
Senesino
 
Hallelujahs
 

throat

 

Eunuch


solemn

 

tremble

 

Scripture

 

Heeideggre

 

Oratorio

 

throngs

 

Cloudesly

 

Hester

 

Dishes

 

genteel


coxcomb

 
fricasseed
 

offend

 

Snails

 

cheese

 
Peepers
 

Palate

 
happen
 

Unless

 
Addison

knowledge
 

talent

 
Porters
 
company
 

Medals

 

collect

 
Cheapside
 

Tradesman

 
Andrew
 

magistrate