——To Writing, say you? ——pray how so?
An uncouth Simile, I trow.
——Hold, pray —— Condemn it not untry’d;
Hear only how it is apply’d.
As learned Johnian wracks his Brain——
Thinks, ——hems, ——looks wise, ——then thinks again;——
When all this Preparation’s done,
The mighty Product is —— a Pun.
So some with direful strange Grimaces,
Within this Dome distort their Faces;