Rump is a turn-broach, yet he seldom can
Steal a swoln sop out of a dripping-pan.
1109. UPON SHOPTER.
Old Widow Shopter, whensoe'er she cries,
Lets drip a certain gravy from her eyes.
1110. UPON DEB.
If felt and heard, unseen, thou dost me please;
If seen, thou lik'st me, Deb, in none of these.
1112. UPON CROOT.
One silver spoon shines in the house of Croot;
Who cannot buy or steal a second to't.
1114. UPON FLOOD OR A THANKFUL MAN.
Flood, if he has for him and his a bit,
He says his fore and after grace for it:
If meat he wants, then grace he says to see
His hungry belly borne on legs jail-free.
Thus have, or have not, all alike is good
To this our poor yet ever patient Flood.