Where no cool stream his endless thirst can slake,
May Christ in mercy deprecate his doom,
And may to Him his promised Kingdom come!
"Sidney Swinney."
Not content with future punishment, the Doctor, in another poem, threatens present vengeance:
"But hark thee, wretch; believe him while he swears;
Sid (by the gods) will crop thine asses ears,
Should thou persist a G——n to impeach,
And blast those virtues thou canst never reach."
As Draper had taken Granby under his protection, so Swinney must needs play the chivalrous in defence of Grafton. The dedication of The Battle of Minden is dated 20th May, 1769, and the poet in the exordium goes out of his way to notice, as I suppose, the attacks of Junius: