So have I known thofe Infects fair

(Which curious Germans hold fo rare) Still vary shapes and dyes;

Still gain new titles with new forms;

First grubs obscene, then wriggling worms,
Then painted butterflies.

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VII.

DR. SWIFT.

THE HAPPY LIFF OF A COUNTRY PARSON.

ARSON, these things in thy poffeffing

PARSON,

Are better than the Bishop's bleffing.
A Wife that makes conferves; a Steed
That carries double when there's need;
October store, and best Virginia,
Tythe-Pig, and mortuary Guinea;

Gazettes fent gratis down, and frank'd,
For which thy Patron's weekly thank'd;
A large Concordance, bound long fince;
Sermons to Charles the First, when Prince;
A Chronicle of ancient standing;
A Chryfoftom to smooth thy band in :
The Polyglott-three parts,—my text,
Howbeit,-likewife-now to my next :

Lo here the Septuagint,—and Paul,

To fum the whole,-the close of all.

He that has thefe, may pass his life,

Drink with the 'Squire, and kifs his wife;
On Sundays preach, and eat his fill;
And faft on Fridays-if he will;

Toast Church and Queen, explain the News,
Talk with Church-Wardens about Pews,
Pray heartily for fome new Gift,

And shake his head at Doctor St.

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END OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

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