That was so sharp and poignant, is squeezed out; While the poor rind, although as sour as ever, And drown it not, like Egypt's royal harlot, Dissolving her rich pearl in the brimm'd wine-cup. Must season soon the draff we give 'These are the arts, Lothario, which Rove not from pole to pole-the man lives here Whose razor's only equall'd by his beer; And where, in either sense, the cockney-put May, if he pleases, get confounded cut. For the Sign of an Alehouse kept by a Barber. Chap. XXI. CHANCE will not do the work, Chance sends the breeze; But if the pilot slumber at the helm, The very wind that wafts us towards the port Unlooses all our favourite ties on earth; In yonder world, where all is judged Chap. xxv. GIVE US good voyage, gentle stream; we stun not Thy sober ear with sounds of revelry, Wake not the slumbering echoes of thy banks With voice of flute and horn; we do but seek On the broad pathway of thy swelling bosom May dash us on the shelves. The To glide in silent safety. THIS is the time: Heaven's maiden- Yonder lie danger, shame, and punishment. sentinel Hath quitted her high watch; the lesser Most welcome danger then-nay, let Are paling one by one; give me the Though spoke with swelling heart DEATH finds us 'mid our playthings- How fares the man on whom good snatches us, men would look As a cross nurse might do a wayward With eyes where scorn and censure child, From all our toys and baubles. His rough call combated, But that kind Christian love hath taught the lesson- That they who merit most contempt Blood shall flow freely, but it shall be and hate, Here's a red stream beneath this coarse HERE's neither want of appetites nor mouths; blue doublet, That warms the heart as kindly as if Pray Heaven we be not scant of meat drawn WHY then, we will have bellowing of THIS is a love meeting! See the maiden beeves, mourns, Broaching of barrels, brandishing of And the sad suitor bends his looks on |