Then, honest Robin, of thy corpse beware; ON THE WORDS BROTHER PROTESTANTS AND FELLOW CHRISTIANS, SO FAMILIARLY USED BY THE ADVOCATES FOR THE REPEAL OF AN inundation, says the fable, A ball of new-dropp'd horse's dung, * This hunting ended in the promotion of Will and Bob. Bob was no longer first minister, but Earl of Orford; and Will was no longer his opponent, but Earl of Bath.-H. Thus Lamb, renown'd for cutting corns, Thus at the bar the booby Bettesworth,* * This provocation occasioned Bettesworth's personal attack upon the Dean, mentioned at length in the Life of the Author, and commemorated in the poems which follow. † Henry Singleton, Esq., then prime sergeant, afterwards lordchief-justice of the common pleas, which he resigned, and was some time after made master of the rolls.-F. VOL. XII. 2 D But be they English, Irish, Scottish, While o'er the church these clouds are gathering, As Moses, by divine advice, Have hearts more harden'd than Egyptians; As from the trodden dust they spring, BETTESWORTH'S EXULTATION UPON HEARING THAT HIS NAME WOULD BE TRANSMITTED TO POSTERITY IN DR. SWIFT'S WORKS. BY WILLIAM DUNKIN. WELL! now, since the heat of my passion's abated, That the Dean hath lampoon'd me, my mind is elated : pen: Lampoon'd did I call it ?-No-what was it then? one: If the end be obtain'd 'tis equal what portal A man is a man, though he should be a bastard. Why sure 'tis some comfort that heroes should slay us, If I fall, I would fall by the hand of Æneas; And who by the Drapier would not rather damn'd be, Than demigoddized by madrigal Namby?* A man is no more who has once lost his breath; But poets convince us there's life after death. They call from their graves the king, or the peasant; Re-act our old deeds, and make what's past present: And when they would study to set forth alike, So the lines be well drawn, and the colours but strike, Whatever the subject be, coward or hero, A tyrant or patriot, a Titus or Nero; To a judge 'tis all one which he fixes his eye on, * Ambrose Philips. The scriptures affirm (as I heard in my youth, In verse I shall live, and be read in each climate; What more can be said of prime sergeant or primate ? While Carter and Prendergast both may be rotten, And damn'd to the bargain, and yet be forgotten. AN EPIGRAM. INSCRIBED TO THE HONOURABLE SERGEANT KITE. Now first published from a copy in the Dean's hand-writing, in possession of J. Connill, Esq. In your indignation what mercy appears, While Jonathan's threaten'd with loss of his ears; For who would not think it a much better choice, By your knife to be mangled than rack'd with your voice. If truly you [would] be revenged on the parson, Command his attendance while you act your farce on; Instead of your maiming, your shooting, or banging, Bid Povey secure him while you are haranguing. Had this been your method to torture him, long since, He had cut his own ears to be deaf to your nonsense. * Povey was sergeant-at-arms to the House of Commons. |