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The army ne'er can be difbanded. ·

-I wish the King were fafely landed.
Ah friends! great changes threat the land!
All France and England at a stand!

There's Meroweis-mark! ftrange work!
And there's the Czar, and there's the Turk-
The Pope-An India merchant by
Cut fhort the fpeech with this reply.

ALL at a ftand? you see great changes?
Ah, Sir! you never faw the Ganges:
There dwells the nation of Quidnuncki's,
(So Monomotapa calls monkies):
On either bank, from bough to bough,
They meet and chat (as we may now) :
Whispers go round, they grin, they shrug,
They bow, they fnarl, they scratch, they hug;
And, just as chance or whim provoke them,

They either bite their friends, or stroke them.
THERE have I feen fome active prig,

To fhew his parts, bestride a twig:
Lord! how the chatt'ring tribe admire!
Not that he's wifer, but he's higher:
All long to try the vent'rous thing,
(For pow'r is but to have one's fwing).
From fide to fide he springs, he spurns,
And bangs his foes and friends by turns.

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Thus as in giddy freaks he bounces,

Crack goes the twig, and in he flounces!

Down the fwift ftream the wretch is borne ;
Never, ah never, to return !

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Zds! what a fall had our dear brother!
Morbleu! cries one, and Damme, t'other.
The nation gives a gen'ral fcreech;

None cocks his tail, none claws his breech;

Each trembles for the public weal,

And for a while forgets to steal.

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A while all eyes intent and fteddy Parfue him whirling down the eddy: But, out of mind when out of view, Some other mounts the twig anew; And bus'nefs, on each monkey fhore, Runs the fame track it run before.

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*AY

AND NO:

A FABLE.

N fable all things hold difcourfe;

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Then words, no doubt, must talk of course.

Once on a time, near Channel-row t

Two hoftile adverbs, Ay and No,
Were haft'ning to the field of fight,
And front to front stood oppofite.
Before each gen'ral join'd the van,
Ay, the more courteous knight, began:
STOP, peevish particle, beware!
I'm told you are not such a bear,
But fometimes yield, when offer'd fair.
Suffer yon folks a while to tattle;
"Tis we who muft decide the battle..
Whene'er we war on yonder stage
With various fate and equal rage,
The nation trembles at each blow,
That No gives Ay, and Ay gives No:
Yet in expenfive long contention
We gain nor office, grant, or penfion:
Why then should kinsfolks quarrel thus ?

(For two of you make one of us ‡).
To fome wife ftatesman let us go,

Where each his proper use may know`:

Westminster.

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Channel row is a dirty street near the parliament house,
In English twa negatives make an affirmative,

He may admit two fuch commanders,

And make thofe wait who ferv'd in Flanders.
Let's quarter on a great man's tongue,
A treas'ry-lord, not Mafter Y-g.
Obfequious at his high command
Ay fhali march forth to tax the land.
Impeachments No can best resist,
And y fupport the civil lift;
A quick as Cæfar wins the day;
And No, like Fabius, by delay.
Sometimes in mutual fly difguife,

Let Ay's feem No's, and No's feem Ay's;
Ay's be in court's denials meant,

And No's in bishop's give confent.

THUS Ay propos'd

-and for reply

No for the first timè answer'd Ay.

They parted with a thousand kiffes,

And fight e'er fince for pay, like Swiffes.

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PHIL LIS;

O R,

The PROGRESS of love.

Written in the year 1716.

ESPONDING Phillis was endu'd

With ev'ry talent of a prude:
She trembled when a man drew near;
Salute her, and fhe turn'd her ear;
If o'er against her you were plac'd,
She durft not look above your
She'd rather take you to her bed,
Than let you see her dress her head:

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In church you hear her, thro' the croud,
Repeat the abfolution loud:

In church, fecure behind her fan,

She durft behold that monfter man ;
There practis'd how to place her head,
And bit her lips to make them red;
Or, on the mat devoutly kneeling,
Would lift her eyes up to the ceiling,
And heave her bofom unaware,
For neighb'ring beaux to see it bare.
At length a lucky lover came,
And found admittance to the dame.
Suppose all parties now agreed,
The writings drawn, the lawyer fee'd,
The vicar and the ring bespoke :

Guefs, how could fuch a match be broke?
See then what mortals place their blifs in!
Next morn by times the bride was miffing:
The mother fcream'd, the father chid;
Where can this idle wench be hid?

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No news of Phil! the bridegroom came,

And thought his bride had fculk'd for shame;

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Because her father us'd to fay,

The girl had such a bajhful way.

Now John the butler must be fent

To learn the road that Phillis went.
The
groom was wish'd to faddle Crop;
For John muft neither light nor stop,
But find her, wherefoe'er fhe fled,
And bring her back, alive or dead.
SEE here again the devil to do;
For truly John was miffing too:
The horse and pillion both were gone!
Phillis, it seems, was fled with John.

OLD Madam, who went up to find
What papers Phil had left behind,

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A letter on the toilet fees,

To my mu.h honour'd fatherthefe,

('Tis always done, romances tell us,
When daughters run away with fellows),
Fill'd with the choiceft common-places,
By others us'd in the like cafes.
"That long ago a fortune-teller
"Exactly said what now befel her;
"And in a glass had made her see
"A ferving man of low degree.
"It was her fate, must be forgiven;

For marriages were made in heav'n:

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"His pardon begg'd; but, to be plain,

“She'd do't, if twere to do again:

"Thank'd God, 'twas neither shame nor fin ;

"For John was come of honest kin.

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"Love never thinks of rich and poor:

"She'd beg with John from door to door.
Forgive her, if it be a crime;
"She'll never do't another time.
"She ne'er before in all her life

"Once difobey'd him, maid nor wife.
One argument fhe fumm'd up all in,
"The thing was done, and past recalling;
"And therefore hop'd she should recover
"His favour, when his paffion's over.
"She valu'd not what others thought her,
"And was his moft obedient daughter."
FAIR maidens, all attend the mufe,
Who now the wand'ring pair pursues:
Away they rode in homely fort,
Their journey long, their money fhort;
The loving couple well bemir'd;

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The horfe and both the riders tir'd:

Their victuals bad, their lodging worfe ;
Phil cry'd, and John began to curfe :

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