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Ant In Office
You tell me that my verse is rough, / And to do mischief like enough; / Bid me eschew, in honest rhymes,
Ape And Poultry
Esteem is frequently misplaced, / Where she may even stand disgraced; / We must allow to wealth and birth
Barleymow And Dunghill
How many saucy beaux we meet / 'Twixt Westminster and Aldgate-street! / Rascals - the mushrooms of a day,
Butterfly And Snail
All upstarts, insolent in place, / Remind us of their vulgar race. / A butterfly, but born one morning,
Cookmaid, Turnspit, And Ox
() / Consider man in every sphere, / Then answer, - Is your lot severe?
Council Of Horses
A steed with mutiny inspired / The stud which grazed the mead, and fired / A colt, whose eyes then blazing fire,
Courtier And Proteus
The country shelters the disgrace / Of every courtier out of place: / When, doomed to exercise and health,
Cupid, Hymen, And Plutus
As Cupid, with his band of sprites, / In Paphian grove set things to rights, / And trimmed his bow and tipped his arrows,
Cur And Mastiff
A sneaking cur caused much disaster / By pandering scandal for his master. / The hound was beaten, mastiff chidden,
Cur, Horse, And Shepherd's Dog
The lad of mediocre spirit / Blurs not with modesty his merit. / On all exerting wit and tongue,
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