Listening to Tales (from Smart) of Baudry,
All introduced with awkward Simile,[145]
Whose Applications miss the Purpose pat.
But in the Fire now burns th' unheeded Fat,
Whose sudden Blaze brings L—nd—r[146] roaring in;
Then Smart looks foolish, and forsakes his Grin.
The laughing Audience alter, too, their Tone,
For who can smile, that sees Tom L—nd—r frown?
He, magisterial rules the panic Cell,
And rivals Belzebub,—in looking well: