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AT THE 'MERMAID.'

The figure that thou here seest . . Tut!
Was it for gentle Shakespeare put?
B. Jonson. (Adapted.)

 

I.
I—"Next Poet?" No, my hearties,
 I nor am nor fain would be!
Choose your chiefs and pick your parties,
 Not one soul revolt to me!
I, forsooth, sow song-sedition?
 I, a schism in verse provoke?
I, blown up by bard's ambition,
 Burst—your bubble-king? You joke.