Each atom by fome other ftruck. All turns and motions tries: Yet to the Dean his fhare allot; Thus, Pope, in vain you boaft your For, had our deaf Divine Been for your conversation fit, You had not writ a line. wit; Of Sherlock thus, for preaching fam'd, The Sexton reafon'd well; A LOVE POEM FROM A PHYSICIAN TO HIS MISTRESS. Written at LONDON in the Year 1727. BY Poets we are well affur'd That Love, alas! can ne'er be cur'd: A complicated heap of ills, Defpifing bolufes and pills. The Dean of St. Paul's, father to the bishop. N. Ah! Ah! Chloe, this I find is true, Which, breaking out in boils and blanes, DEAN SWIFT AT SIR ARTHUR ACHESON'S IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND. HE Dean would vifit Market-hill, THE I faid, Our invitation was but flight; Why let him, if he will: And fo I bade Sir Arthur write. His manners would not let him wait, Three days before he was expected. Nor for my life will take the hint. But you, my dear, may let him know, How deep and foul the roads may grow, And, Sir, I know, you hate a crowd. Or, Mr. Dean-1 themla with joy Beg you would here continue Aill, 'The homife seements sex daily rifing: How much he kate, how much he fwill, His Presee if porppike how they fuffi Om 1 of 1 cald, here i would manl His tallow fare and wainferre paws, My 1 he evety mhment clnâ Wih ↑ Skinny bonia, Snipe, and Lean 1 (1 that ĺbould but once be rid Of this infulting Tyrant Drant On a very old Glass at Marett-Hitta RA11; plafel the bane'll that tranne me well se iz "Through nine hat 111, which of us firft thall die ON CUTTING DOWN THE OLD THORN A AT MARKET-HILL*. T Market-Hill, as well appears, By chronicle of ancient date, And on the boughs her garland hung; Sir Archibald +, that valorous knight, For he was fond of rural ftrain. * A village near the feat of Sir Arthur Acheson, where the Dean sometimes made a long visit. The tree, which was a remarkable one, was much admired by the Knight. Yet the Dean, in one of his unaccountable humours, gave directions for cutting it down in the abfence of Sir Arthur; who was of courfe highly incenfed, nor would fee Swift for fome time after. By way of making his peace, the Dean wrote this poem; which had the defired effect. N. + Sir Archibald Achefon, fecretary of state for Scotland. |