II. AT AN INN IN ENGLAND. THE glass, by lovers' nonsense blurr'd, III. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER. THE church and clergy here, no doubt, And empty both within. IV. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER, My landlord is civil, But dear as the d-l: V. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER. THE walls of this town Are full of renown, And strangers delight to walk round 'em; But as for the dwellers, Both buyers and sellers, For me, you may hang 'em, or drown em. VI. ANOTHER, AT HOLYHEAD.* O NEPTUNE! Neptune! must I still Above two hundred miles from home! O'er mountains steep, o'er dusty plains, Half chok'd with dust, half drown'd with rains; Only your Godship to implore, To let me kiss your other shore? A boon so small! but I may weep, VII. ANOTHER, WRITTEN UPON A WINDOW WHERE THERE WAS NO WRITING BEFORE. THANKS to my stars, I once can see A window here from scribbling free! * These verses are signed J-~ K~; but written, as it is presumed, in Dr. Swift's hand. D. S.j Here no conceited coxcombs pass, To stretch their paltry drabs on glass; Or dealing crowns to George and James. VIII. ON SEEING VERSES WRITTEN UPON WINDOWS AT INNS. THE sage, who said he should be proud Of windows in his breast, Because he ne'er a thought allow'd That might not be confest; His window scrawl'd by every rakę, IX. ANOTHER. By Satan taught, all conjurers know And you can do as much: In this the Devil and you agree: And thine I swear are such. X. ANOTHER. THAT love is the Devil, I'll prove when requir'd; They swear that they all by love are inspir'd, TO JANUS, ON NEW-YEAR'S DAY. 1726, TWO-FAC'D Janus, god of Time ! Be my Phoebus while I rhime; God of Time, if you be wise, Drown your morals, madam cries, * Ireland. H. Prudes decay'd about may tack, A PASTORAL DIALOGUE, WRITTEN AFTER THE NEWS OF THE KING'S DEATH. RICHMOND LODGE is a house with a small park belonging to the Crown. It was usually granted by the Crown for a lease of years. The Duke of Ormond was the last who had it. After his exile, it was given to the Prince of Wales by the king. The prince and princess usually passed their summer there. It is within a mile of Richmond. MARBLE HILL is a house built by Mrs. Howard, then of the bedchamber, afterward countess of Suffolk, and groom of the stole to the Queen. It is on the Middlesex side, near Twickenham, where Mr. Pope lived, and about two miles from Richmond Lodge. Mr. Pope was the contriver of the gardens, Lord Herbert the architect, the Dean of St. Patrick's chief butler and keeper of the icehouse. Upon King George's death, these two houses met, and had the following dialogue. In spite of Pope, in spite of Gay, Of Richmond Lodge and Marble Hill. George I, who died after a short sickness by eating a melon, at Osnabrug, in his way to Hanover, June 11, 1727. The poem was carried to court, and read to King George II. and Queen Caroline. H. |