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night�察�And goes with folks to show the sight�察�On Sundays�察�after evening
prayer�察�He gathers all the parish there�察�Points out the place of either Yew�此�
Here Baucis�察 �there Philemon grew�察 �Till once a parson of our town�察 �To
mend his barn�察�cut Baucis down�察�At which�察�'tis hard to be believed How
much the other tree was grieved�察�Grow scrubby�察�died a´top�察�was stunted�此�
So the next parson stubbed and burnt it。
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CHAPTER VI
THE LOGICIANS REFUTED。
LOGICIANS have but ill defined As rational�察�the human kind�察�Reason�察�
they say�察�belongs to man�察�But let them prove it�察�if they can。 Wise Aristotle
and Smiglesius�察 �By ratiocinations specious�察 �Have strove to prove with
great precision�察 �With definition and division�察 �HOMO EST RATIONE
PRAEDITUM�察�But�察�for my soul�察�I cannot credit 'em。 And must�察�in spite of
them�察�maintain That man and all his ways are vain�察�And that this boasted
lord of nature Is both a weak and erring creature。 That instinct is a surer
guide Than reason´boasting mortals pride�察�And�察 �that brute beasts are far
before 'em�察�DEUS EST ANIMA BRUTORUM。 Whoever knew an honest
brute�察�At law his neighbour prosecute�察�Bring action for assault and battery�察�
Or friend beguile with lies and flattery�拭 �O'er plains they ramble
unconfined�察�No politics disturb their mind�察�They eat their meals�察�and take
their sport�察�Nor know who's in or out at court。 They never to the levee go
To treat as dearest friend a foe�察�They never importune his grace�察�Nor ever
cringe to men in place�察�Nor undertake a dirty job�察�Nor draw the quill to
write for Bob。 Fraught with invective they ne'er go To folks at Paternoster
Row�此�No judges�察�fiddlers�察�dancing´masters�察�No pickpockets�察�or poetasters
Are known to honest quadrupeds�此�No single brute his fellows leads。 Brutes
never meet in bloody fray�察�Nor cut each others' throats for pay。 Of beasts�察�
it is confessed�察�the ape Comes nearest us in human shape�察�Like man�察�he
imitates each fashion�察�And malice is his ruling passion�此�But�察�both in malice
and grimaces�察�A courtier any ape surpasses。 Behold him humbly cringing
wait Upon the minister of state�察�View him�察�soon after�察�to inferiors Aping
the conduct of superiors�此 �He promises�察 �with equal air�察 �And to perform
takes equal care。 He�察 �in his turn�察 �finds imitators�察 �At court the porters�察�
lacqueys�察�waiters Their masters' manners still contract�察�And footmen�察�lords�察�
and dukes can act。 Thus�察�at the court�察�both great and small Behave alike�察�
for all ape all。
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CHAPTER VII
THE PUPPET SHOW。
THE life of man to represent�察�And turn it all to ridicule�察 �Wit did a
puppet´show invent�察�Where the chief actor is a fool。
The gods of old were logs of wood�察�And worship was to puppets paid�察�
In antic dress the idol stood�察�And priests and people bowed the head。
No wonder then�察�if art began The simple votaries to frame�察�To shape in
timber foolish man�察�And consecrate the block to fame。
From hence poetic fancy learned That trees might rise from human
forms The body to a trunk be turned�察�And branches issue from the arms。
Thus Daedalus and Ovid too�察�That man's a blockhead have confessed�察�
Powel and Stretch the hint pursue�察�Life is the farce�察�the world a jest。
The same great truth South Sea hath proved On that famed theatre�察�the
ally�察 �Where thousands by directors moved Are now sad monuments of
folly。
What Momus was of old to Jove The same harlequin is now�察 �The
former was buffoon above�察 �The latter is a Punch below。 This fleeting
scene is but a stage�察 �Where various images appear�察 �In different parts of
youth and age Alike the prince and peasant share。
Some draw our eyes by being great�察�False pomp conceals mere wood
within�察�And legislators rang'd in state Are oft but wisdom in machine。
A stock may chance to wear a crown�察�And timber as a lord take place�察�
A statue may put on a frown�察�And cheat us with a thinking face。
Others are blindly led away�察�And made to act for ends unknown�察�By
the mere spring of wires they play�察�And speak in language not their own。
Too oft�察�alas� �a scolding wife Usurps a jolly fellow's throne�察�And many
drink the cup of life Mix'd and embittered by a Joan。
In short�察 �whatever men pursue Of pleasure�察 �folly�察 �war�察 �or love�察 �This
mimic´race brings all to view�察�Alike they dress�察�they talk�察�they move。
Go on�察�great Stretch�察�with artful hand�察�Mortals to please and to deride�察�
And when death breaks thy vital band Thou shalt put on a puppet's pride。
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Thou shalt in puny wood be shown�察�Thy image shall preserve thy fame�察�
Ages to come thy worth shall own�察�Point at thy limbs�察�and tell thy name。
Tell Tom he draws a farce in vain�察�Before he looks in nature's glass�察�
Puns cannot form a witty scene�察�Nor pedantry for humour pass。
To make men act as senseless wood�察�And chatter in a mystic strain�察�Is a
mere force on flesh and blood�察�And shows some error in the brain。
He that would thus refine on thee�察�And turn thy stage into a school�察�
The jest of Punch will ever be�察�And stand confessed the greater fool。
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CHAPTER VIII
CADENUS AND VANESSA。
WRITTEN ANNO 1713。
THE shepherds and the nymphs were seen Pleading before the
Cyprian Queen。 The counsel for the fair began Accusing the false creature�察�
man。 The brief with weighty crimes was charged�察 �On which the pleader
much enlarged�此 �That Cupid now has lost his art�察 �Or blunts the point of
every dart�察 �His altar now no longer smokes�察 �His mother's aid no youth
invokes ´ This tempts free´thinkers to refine�察 �And bring in doubt their
powers divine�察�Now love is dwindled to intrigue�察�And marriage grown a
money´league。 Which crimes aforesaid ��with her leave�� Were ��as he
humbly did conceive�� Against our Sovereign Lady's peace�察 �Against the
statutes in that case�察 �Against her dignity and crown�此 �Then prayed an
answer and sat down。
The nymphs with scorn beheld their foes�此 �When the defendant's
counsel rose�察�And�察�what no lawyer ever lacked�察�With impudence owned all
the fact。 But�察 �what the gentlest heart would vex�察 �Laid all the fault on
t'other sex。 That modern love is no such thing As what those ancient poets
sing�察�A fire celestial�察�chaste�察�refined�察�Conceived and kindled in the mind�察�
Which having found an equal flame�察�Unites�察�and both become the same�察�In
different breasts together burn�察 �Together both to ashes turn。 But women
now feel no such fire�察�And only know the gross desire�察 �Their passions
move in lower spheres�察�Where'er caprice or folly steers。 A dog�察�a parrot�察�or
an ape�察�Or some worse brute in human shape Engross the fancies of the
fair�察�The few soft moments they can spare From visits to receive and pay�察�
From scandal�察�politics�察�and play�察�From fans�察�and flounces�察�and brocades�察�
From equipage and park´parades�察�From all the thousand female toys�察�From
every trifle that employs The out or inside of their heads Between their
toilets and their beds。 In a dull stream�察 �which�察�moving slow�察�You hardly
see the current flow�察�If a small breeze obstructs the course�察�It whirls about
for want of force�察�And in its narrow circle gathers Nothing but chaff�察�and
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straws�察�and feathers�此�The current of a female mind Stops thus�察�and turns
with every wind�察 �Thus whirling round�察 �together draws Fools�察 �fops�察 �and
rakes�察 �for chaff and straws。 Hence we conclude�察 �no women's hearts Are
won by virtue�察 �wit�察 �and parts�察 �Nor are the men of sense to blame For
breasts incapable of flame�此 �The fault must on the nymphs be placed�察�
Grown so corrupted in their taste。 The pleader having spoke his best�察�Had
witness ready to attest�察�Who fairly could on oath depose�察�When questions
on the fact arose�察�That every article was true�察 �NOR FURTHER THOSE
DEPONENTS KNEW�此�Therefore he humbly would insist�察�The bill might
be with costs dismissed。 The cause appeared of so much weight�察 �That
Venus from the judgment´seat Desired them not to talk so loud�察�Else she
must interpose a cloud�此 �For if the heavenly folk should know These
pleadings in the Courts below�察�That mortals here disdain to love�察�She ne'er
could show her face above。 For gods�察�their betters�察�are too wise To value
that which men despise。 ;And then�察─�said she�察 �my son and I Must stroll in
air 'twixt earth and sky�此�Or else�察�shut out from heaven and earth�察�Fly to the
sea