T Christ Church "Marriage," play'd before the King,
Lest these learn'd mates should want an offering,
The King himself did offer—what, I pray?
He offer'd, once or twice—to go away.
A Collection of Epigrams (1727).
---- has only two ideas, and they are his legs, and they are spindle-shanked.
Lady Ashburton, apud Lord Houghton.
RY as Compton's fun,
Dry as author's pocket;
Bright as that loved one
Whose face adorns my locket;
At the beaker's brim
Beading brittle bubbles,
Sea in which to swim,
And cast away all troubles;
Sea where sorrow sinks,
Ne'er to rise again—oh,
Blessedest of drinks,
Welcome, "Pommery Gréno!"
Edmund Yates.
ON CLOSE-FIST'S SUBSCRIPTION.
