The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/Paulus, an Epigram

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
(1728)
Robert Lindsay, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

Paulus; an Epigram. By Mr. Lindsay

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The next two poems, The Answer and A Dialogue between an eminent Lawyer and Dr. Swift are in response to this poem.

1560733The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
— Paulus; an Epigram. By Mr. Lindsay1728Robert Lindsay

PAULUS; AN EPIGRAM.

BY MR. LINDSAY^[1].

Dublin, Sept. 7, 1728.

"A SLAVE to crowds, scorch'd with the summer's heats,
In courts the wretched lawyer toils and sweats;
While smiling Nature, in her best attire,
Regales each sense, and vernal joys inspire.
Can he, who knows that real good should please,
Barter for gold his liberty and ease?" —
Thus Paulus preach'd: — When, entering at the door,
Upon his board the client pours the ore:
He grasps the shining gift, pores o'er the cause,
Forgets the sun, and dozes on the laws.

↑ A polite and elegant scholar, at that time an eminent pleader at the bar in Dublin, and afterward advanced to be one of the justices of the common pleas.

[1] A polite and elegant scholar, at that time an eminent pleader at the bar in Dublin, and afterward advanced to be one of the justices of the common pleas.

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/Paulus, an Epigram

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