On seeing a Miser at Vauxhall Gardens.
Music has charms to sooth a savage breast,
To calm the tyrant, and relieve the opprest:
But Vauxhall’s concert’s more attracting power
Unlocked Sir Richard’s pocket at threescore:
Oh! strange effect of music’s matchless force,
To attract a shilling from a miser’s purse!
To a Lady who had very bad teeth.
Ovid, who bids the ladies laugh,
Spoke only to the young and fair;