I Tho the Dean has run from us in manner uncivil; The Doctor, and He that's nam'd next to the Devil, With Gay, who Petition'd you once on a time, And Parnell, that would, if he had but a Rhyme. (That Gay the poor Sec: and that arch Chaplain Parnell, As Spiritual one, as the other is Carnal), Forgetting their Interest, now humbly sollicit You'd at present do nothing but give us a Visit. That all this true is Witness E. Lewis. A. Pope. T. Parnell Jo: Arbuthnot J. Gay. II My Lord, forsake your Politick Utopians, To sup, like Jove, with blameless Ethiopians Pope. III The Doctor and Dean, Pope, Parnell and Gay In manner submissive most humbly do pray, That your Lordship would once let your Cares all alone And Climb the dark Stairs to your Friends who have none: To your Friends who at least have no Cares but to please you To a good honest Junta that never will teaze you. From the Doctor's Chamber past eight. IV A pox of all Senders For any Pretenders Who tell us these troublesome stories, In their dull hum-drum key Of Arma Virumque Hannoniae qui primus ab oris. A fig too for H--r Who prates like his Grand mere And all his old Friends would rebuke In spite of the Carle Give us but our Earle, And the Devil may take their Duke. Then come and take part in The Memoirs of Martin, Lay by your White Staff and gray Habit, For trust us, friend Mortimer Should you live years forty more Haec olim meminisse juvabit. by order of ye Club A. Pope J. Gay J. Swift J. Arbuthnot T. Parnel V Let not the whigs our tory club rebuke; Give us our earl, the devil take their duke. Quaedam quae attinent ad Scriblerum, Want your assistance now to clear 'em. One day it will be no disgrace, In scribbler to have had a place. Come then, my lord, and take your part in The important history of Martin. VI How foolish Men on Expeditions goe! Unweeting Wantons of their wetting Woe! For drizling Damps descend adown the Plain And seem a thicker Dew, or thinner Rain; Yet Dew or Rain may wett us to the Shift, We'll not be slow to visit Dr. Swift. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POETA FIT, NON NASCITUR by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON THE WILD HONEYSUCKLE by PHILIP FRENEAU SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. BENJAMIN PANTIER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS LET ALL THE EARTH KEEP SILENCE by LUCY A. K. ADEE TRINITIE SUNDAY (FOR A BASE AND TWO TREBLES) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT MOON RIDER by WILLIAM ROSE BENET INTIMATIONS OF MORTALITY by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |