Poems

The Battle Between The Rats And The Weazles In dire Contest the Rats and Weazles met, And Foot to Foot, and Point to Point was set: […]

The Bird and the Arras By neer resemblance see that Bird betray’d Who takes the well wrought Arras for a shade There hopes to pearch and […]

The Brass-Pot And Stone-Jugg A brazen Pot, by scouring vext, With Beef and Pudding still perplext, Resolv’d t’ attempt a nobler Life, Urging the Jugg to […]

The Cautious Lovers Silvia, let’s from the Crowd retire; For, What to you and me (Who but each other do desire) Is all that here we […]

The Change POOR River, now thou’rt almost dry, What Nymph, or Swain, will near thee lie? Since brought, alas! to sad Decay, What Flocks, or Herds, […]

The Critick and the Writer of Fables Weary, at last, of the Pindarick way, Thro’ which advent’rously the Muse wou’d stray; To Fable I descend with […]

The Decision of Fortune Fortune well-Pictur’d on a rolling Globe, With waving Locks, and thin transparent Robe, A Man beholding, to his Neighbor cry’d, Whoe’er would […]

The Dog And His Master NO better Dog e’er kept his Master’s Door Than honest Snarl, who spar’d nor Rich nor Poor; But gave the Alarm, […]

The Eagle, The Sow, And The Cat THE Queen of Birds, t’encrease the Regal Stock, Had hatch’d her young Ones in a stately Oak, Whose Middle-part […]

The Equipage Since the Road of Life’s so ill; I, to pass it, use this Skill, My frail Carriage driving home To its latest Stage, the […]