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  • Another. On A Wicked Fellow, Who Was A Great Blunderer.

       INTERR'D by blunder in this sacred place,

    Lies William's wicked heart, and smiling face.

    Full forty years on earth he blunder'd on,

    And now the L—d knows whither he is gone.

    But if to heav'n he stole, let no man wonder,

    For if to hell he'd gone, he'd made no blunder.

  • On A Lady, Coquetting With A Very Silly Fellow.

       CORINNA'S judgment do not less admire,

    That she for Oulus shows a gen'rous fire;
    Lucretia toying thus had been a fool,

    But wiser Helen might have us'd the tool.

    Since Oulus for one use alone is fit,

    With charity judge of Corinna's wit.

  • To Celia. Occasioned by her apprehending her house would be broke open, and having an old fellow to guard it, who sat up all night, with a gun without any ammunition.

    CUPID CALLED TO ACCOUNT.


       LAST night, as my unwilling mind

    To rest, dear Celia, I resign'd;

    For how should I repose enjoy,

    While any fears your breast annoy?

    Forbid it, heav'n, that I should be

    From any of your troubles free.

    O! would kind Fate attend my pray'r,
    ...

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