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And has not [1]Colly still his Lord and whore? 95
His Butchers [2]Henley, his Free-masons Moore?
Does not one Table Bavius still admit?
Still to one B———p P———s seem a Wit?
Still Sapho—"Hold! nay see you, you'll offend:
"No Names—be calm—learn Prudence of a Friend:
"I too could write, and I am twice as tall,
"But Foes like these!—One Flatt'rer's worse than all;
Of all mad Creatures, if the learn'd are right,
It is the Slaver kills, and not the Bite.
A Fool quite angry is quite innocent; 105
Trust me, 'tis ten times worse when they repent.
His Butchers [2]Henley, his Free-masons Moore?
Does not one Table Bavius still admit?
Still to one B———p P———s seem a Wit?
Still Sapho—"Hold! nay see you, you'll offend:
"No Names—be calm—learn Prudence of a Friend:
"I too could write, and I am twice as tall,
"But Foes like these!—One Flatt'rer's worse than all;
Of all mad Creatures, if the learn'd are right,
It is the Slaver kills, and not the Bite.
A Fool quite angry is quite innocent; 105
Trust me, 'tis ten times worse when they repent.
One dedicates, in high Heroic prose,
And ridicules beyond a hundred foes;
One from all Grub-street will my fame defend;
And, more abusive, calls himself, my friend.
This prints my Letters, that expects a Bribe,
And others roar aloud, "Subscribe, subscribe.
And ridicules beyond a hundred foes;
One from all Grub-street will my fame defend;
And, more abusive, calls himself, my friend.
This prints my Letters, that expects a Bribe,
And others roar aloud, "Subscribe, subscribe.
Ammon's
- ↑ Colly Cibber, a Player.
- ↑ One Henly, a Clergyman, a vile Pretender to Oratory.
