ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE. 'T BY DR DELANY *. IS fo old, and fo ugly, and yet so convenient, You 're fometimes in pleasure, though often in pain in 't.. 'Tis fo large you may lodge a few friends with cafe in't. You may turn and ftretch at your length if you please in 't ; 'Tis fo little, the family live in a prefs in 't, And poor lady Betty + has fcarce room to drefs in 't ; 'Tis fo cold in the winter, you can't bear to lie in 't, And fo hot in the fummer, you 're ready to fry in 't; 'Tis fo brittle 'twould fcarce bear the weight of a tun, Yet fo ftaunch, that it keeps out a great deal of fun; 'Tis fo crazy, the weather with eafe beats quite through it, And you're forc'd every year in fome part to renew it, 'Tis fo ugly, so useful, fo big, and fo little, 'Tis fo ftaunch, and fo crazy, fo ftrong, and so brittle, 'Tis at one time fo hot, and another fo cold, It is part of the new, and part of the old; It is just half a blefling, and just half a curse I with then, dear George, it were better or worse. * The feat of George Rochfort, efq. (father to the -earl of Belvidere); where Dr. Swift and an agreeable fett of friends fpent part of the fummer of 1721. † Daughter to the earl of Drogheda, and the wife of Mr. Rochfort. THE THE COUNTRY-LIFE. Part of a Summer spent at GAULS TOWN-HOUSE. HALIA, tell in fober lays, TH How George, Nim+, Dan 1, Dean §, pafs their days; And, fhould our Gaulftown's art grow fallow, Yet Neget quis carmina Gallo? Here (by the way) by Gallus mean I *Mr. Rochfort. 5 10 20 + His brother, Mr. John Rochfort; who was called Nimrod, from his great attachment to the chace., Rev. Daniel Jackson. Dr. Swift. But, But, by peculiar whimfies drawn, From the four elements affembling, Warn'd by the bell, all folks come trembling : Some from the lake's remoteft end: 25 30 Now water's brought, and dinner's done :: 35 George, Nim, and Dean, fet out at four, But when the fun goes to the deep 45 (Not to disturb him in his sleep, A fmall boat fo called. + Mr. Rochfort's father was lord chief baron of the exchequer in Ireland. Or Or make a rumbling o'er his head, His candle out, and he a-bed) We watch his motions to a minute, * The curtain falls, and all is done. I might have mention'd several facts, Like episodes between the acts; Who gets a cold, who breaks his fhins; For brevity I have retrench'd How in the lake the Dean was drench'd: 50 55 60 65 How valiant George rode o'er the Dragon; ༡. How fteady in the ftorm he fat, And fav'd his oar, but loft his hat : Now Nim (no hunter e'er could match him) *The butler. How 75% How fkilfully Dan mends his nets; I might have told how oft' dean Percivale How haughtily he cocks his nofe, But now, fince I have gone so far on, On all Whig papers and Gazettes; But for the politics of Pue, Thinks every fyllable is true. And fince he owns the king of Sweden. Is dead at laft, without evading, 90 95 100 Now |