St Jamess a Satirical Poem in Six Epistles to Mr Crockford
St Jamess a Satirical Poem in Six Epistles to Mr Crockford
S C Hall
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were they shut out from that sport, For which to thee they're nightly borne in, One half the members of the Court, Would instantly go into mourning. 108 ST. JAMES'S. Were thy bank broke — or, if to use A better phrase, were " Hell broke loose, '* And thy sole wealth no more could stand, 'Gainst the combined wealth of the Land : The case would thus be altered quite, And thou might'st well complain with reason ; Yet such mishap comes but a night, Or two at most, throughout thy season. Oh ! what w...ould half-pay T t be, Without the table laid by thee ? Old roseate Jack, who, (like an oaf Whose feelings, as his birth, are low bred) ST. JAMES'S. At supper oft proves, " half a loat " Is better, certainly, than no bread. ' 1 Oh ! what would be the fate of some Who westward bend, when 'Change is over, And, in the evening, hither come, To civilise, and live in clover ? Who stare with wonder and delight, Sit down to eat, sit up to play, And, like Penelope, by night Undo, what they have done by day.
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