They tied him down-these little men did—
And having valiantly ascended
Upon the Mighty Man's protuberance,
They did so strut!—upon my soul,
It must have been extremely droll
To see their pigmy pride's exuberance!
And how the doughty mannikins
Amused themselves with sticking pins
And needles in the great man's breeches;
And how some VERY little things,
That pass'd for Lords, on scaffoldings
Got up and worried him with speeches.
Alas! alas! that it should happen
To mighty men to be caught napping!—
Though different, too, these persecutions
For Gulliver, THERE, took the nap,
While, HERE, the NAP, oh sad mishap, Is taken by the Lilliputians!
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CATHOLIC DELEGATE AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.
Said his Highness to NED, with that grim face of his,
"Why refuse us the VETO, dear Catholic NEDDY?"—
"Because, sir" said NED, looking full in his phiz,
"You're FORBIDDING enough, in all conscience, already!"
TO MISS ——-
With woman's form and woman's tricks
So much of man you seem to mix,
One knows not where to take you;
I pray you, if 'tis not too far,
Go, ask of Nature WHICH you are,
Or what she meant to make you.
Yet stay—you need not take the pains
With neither beauty, youth, nor brains,
For man or maid's desiring:
Pert as female, fool as male,
As boy too green, as girl too stale
The thing's not worth inquiring!
TO ——-
Die when you will, you need not wear
At heaven's court a form more fair
Than Beauty here on earth has given;
Keep but the lovely looks we see
The voice we hear and you will be
An angel READY-MADE for heaven!