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On the whole it appears, and my argument fhows With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the fpectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.

VII.

Then shifting his fide as a lawyer knows how,
He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes,
But what were his arguments few people know,
For the court did not think they were equally wife.

VIII.

So his lordship decreed, with a grave folemn tone,

Decifive and clear without one if or but

That whenever the Nofe put his fpectacles on

By day-light or candle-light-Eyes should be shut.

On

On the Burning of LORD MANSFIELD's Library, toge

ther with his MSS. by the Mob, in the Month of June, 1780.

I.

So then the Vandals of our inle,

Sworn foes to fenfe and law,

Have burnt to duft a nobler pile

Than ever Roman faw!

II.

And MURRAY fighs o'er Pope and Swift,

And many a treasure more,

The well-judg'd purchafe and the gift

That grac'd his letter'd store.

III.

Their pages mangled, burnt and torn,

The lofs was his alone,.

But ages yet to come shall mourn

The burning of his own.

On

ON THE SA M E.

I.

WHEN wit and genius meet their doom

In all devouring flame,

They tell us of the fate of Rome,

And bid us fear the fame.

II.

O'er MURRAY's lofs the mufes wept,

They felt the rude alarm,

Yet blefs'd the guardian care that kept

His facred head from harm.

III.

There mem'ry like the bee that's fed

From Flora's balmy ftore,

The quinteffence of all he read

Had treafur'd up before.

IV.

The lawless herd with fury blind

Have done him cruel wrong,

The flow'rs are gone-but fill we find

The honey on his tongue.

320 THE LOVE OF THE WORLD REPROVED;

OR

HYPOCRISY DETECT E D.*

THUS fays the prophet of the Turk,

Good muffulman abftain from pork;

There is a part in ev'ry swine,

No friend or follower of mine

May tafte, whate'er his inclination,
On pain of excommunication.
Such Mahomet's myfterious charge,
And thus he left the point at large.
Had he the finful part exprefs'd
They might with fafety eat the rest
But for one piece they thought it hard
From the whole hog to be debarr'd,
And fet their wit at work to find

What joint the prophet had in mind.

It may be proper to inform the reader that this piece has already appeared in print, having found its way, though with fome unneceffary additions by an unknown hand, into the Leeds Journal, without the author's privity.

Much

Much controversy ftrait arose,

These chuse the back, the belly thofe ;

By fome 'tis confidently faid

He meant not to forbid the head,

While others at that doctrine rail,

And piously prefer the tail.

Thus, confcience freed from ev'ry clog,
Mahometans eat up the hog.

You laugh-'tis well-the tale apply'd,
May make you laugh on t'other fide.
Renounce the world, the preacher cries—
We do a multitude replies.

While one as innocent regards

A fnug and friendly game at cards;
And one, whatever you may fay,

Can fee no evil in a play;

Some love a concert or a race,

And others, fhooting and the chace.

Revil'd and lov'd, renounc'd and follow'd,

Thus bit by bit the world is swallow'd ;

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