A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) / [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727)

by Henry Carey

Crop your Numbers, and conform:

Let your little Verses flow

Gently, sweetly, Row by Row:

Let the Verse the Subject fit;

Little Subject, Little Wit:

Namby Pamby is your Guide;

Albion’s Joy, Hibernia’s Pride.

Namby Pamby Pilli-pis,

Rhimy pim’d on Missy-Miss;

Tartaretta Tartaree