Written by the Reverend Doctor SWIFT, on his own DEAFNESS. Vertiginofus, inops, furdus, male gratus amicis ; Non campana fonans, tonitru non ab Jove miffum, Quod mage mirandum, faltem fi credere fas eft, Vix clamofa meas mulier jam percutit aures. D In ENGLISH. EAF, giddy, helplefs, left alone, At Thunder now no more I start, Τα SIR, WHE To Dr. HELSHAM. HEN I left you, I found myself of the Grape's Juice fick; I'm fo full of Pity, I never abuse Sick; And the patientest Patient that ever you knew fick, Both when I am Purge-fick, and when I am Spew-fick. I pitied my Cat, whom I knew by her Mew fick; She mended at firft, but she is anew fick. Captain Butler made fome in the Church black and blue fick. Dean Cross, had he preach'd, would have made us all Pew-fick. Are not you, in a Crowd, when you sweat and you ftew, fick ? Lady Santry got out of the * Church when she grew fick; And, as faft as she could, to the Deanery flew fick. Mifs * St. Patrick's Cathedral, where the Mufick on St. Cacilia's Day was usually performed. Mifs Morice was (I can affure you 'tis true) fick: For who would not be in that numerous Crew fick? Such Mufick would make a Fanatick or Jew fick: Yet, Ladies are feldom at Ombre or Lue fick; Nor is old* Nanny Shales, whene'er she doth brew, fick. My Footman came home from the Church of a Bruise fick, And look'd like a Rake, who was made in the Stews, fick; But you learned Doctors can make whom you chufe fick ; Poor I myself I was, when I withdrew, fick, For the Smell of them made me like Garlick and Rue fick. And I got thro' the Crowd, tho' not led by a Clew, fick. You hop'd to find many (for that was your Cue) fick; But, there were not a Dozen (to give 'em their Due) fick, And those, to be fure, ftuck together, like, Glew, fick; * Fide Grattan. inter Belchamp et Clonfhogh. So, So are Ladies in Crowds, when they squeeze and they screw, fick. You may find they are all, by their yellow pale Hue, fick ; So am I, when Tobacco, like Robin, I chew, fick. Nov. 23, at Night, To Dr. SHERIDAN. Nov. 23, at Night. I write any more, it will make my poor IF I Mufe fick. This Night I came home with a very cold Dew fick, And I wish I may foon be not of an A-gue fick ; But, I hope I fhall ne'er be, like Shrew fick, you, of a Who often hath made me, by looking afcue, fick, Το To the fame. SIR, RAY difcrutiate what follows: PRAY The dullest Beast, and Gentleman's Liquor, When young is often due to the Vicar. The dullest Beast and Swine's Delight, Make up a Bird fwift of Flight. very The dullest Beast when high in Stature, Add another of royal Nature, For Breeding is a useful Creature. The dullest Beast, and a Party diftreft, When too long, is bad at the best. The dullest Beaft, and the Saddle it wears, Is good for Partridge, not for Hares. } The dulleft Beast, and kind Voice of a Cat, Will make a Horse go, though he be not fat. The dulleft of Beafts and of Birds in the Air, Is that by which all Irishmen fwear. The dullest Beaft, and fam'd College of Is a Person very unfit for Intrigues. The dulleft Beaft, and a Cobler's Tool, } The |