Excerpt: ... taking the huge Friar per the hocks, He whirl'd the ton of blubber three times round, And swung it on his shoulders, from the ground, With strength that yields, in any age, to no man's, -- Tho' Milo's ghost should rise, bearing the Ox He carried at the games of the old Romans. Nay, I opine--let Fame say what it can-- Of ancient vigour, (Fame is, oft, a Liar) That Milo was a pigmy to this Man, And his fat Ox quite skinny to the Friar. Besides, --I hold it in much doubt If Roman graziers (should the truth come ...
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Excerpt: ... taking the huge Friar per the hocks, He whirl'd the ton of blubber three times round, And swung it on his shoulders, from the ground, With strength that yields, in any age, to no man's, -- Tho' Milo's ghost should rise, bearing the Ox He carried at the games of the old Romans. Nay, I opine--let Fame say what it can-- Of ancient vigour, (Fame is, oft, a Liar) That Milo was a pigmy to this Man, And his fat Ox quite skinny to the Friar. Besides, --I hold it in much doubt If Roman graziers (should the truth come out) Were, like the English, knowing in the matter;-- --I wouldn't breed my beast more Romano;-- For, I suspect, in fatt'ning they were dull, And when they made an ox out of a bull, They fed him ill, --and, then, he got no fatter Than a fat opera Soprano.10 Over the moat, (the draw-bridge being down) Gallantly stalk'd the brawny Duke of Limbs, Bearing Johannes, of the shaven crown, Fame'd, when alive, for spoiling maids, and hymns; For mangling Pater-Nosters, and goose-pies, And telling sundry beads, --and sundry lies. Across a marsh he strode, with steadier gait Than Satan trod the Syrtis, at his fall, And perch'd himself, with his monastick weight, Upon the Convent-garden's wall;-- Whence, on the grounds within it, as he gaze'd, To find a spot where he might leave his load, He 'spied a House so little, it seem'd raise'd More for Man's visits, than his fix'd abode;-- And Cynthia aided him to gaze his fill, For, now, she sought Endymion on the hill. Arise, Tarquinius 11 shew thy lofty face While I describe, with dignity, the place. Snug in an English garden's shadiest spot, A structure stands, and welcomes many a breeze; Lonely, and simple as a Ploughman's cot, Where Monarchs may unbend, who wish for ease. There sit Philosophers; and sitting read; And to some end apply the dullest pages; And pity the Barbarians, north of Tweed, Who scout...
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