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Bless me! a Packet.—"'Tis a stranger sues, 55
"A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse."
If I dislike it, "Furies, death and rage!
If I approve, "Commend it to the Stage."
There (thank my Stars) my whole Commission ends,
The Play'rs and I are, luckily, no friends. 60
Fir'd that the House reject him, "'Sdeath I'll print it
"And shame the Fools—your Int'rest, Sir, with Lintot.
Lintot, dull rogue! will think your price too much
"Not Sir, if you revise it, and retouch."
All my demurrs but double his attacks, 65
At last he whispers "Do, and we go snacks."
Glad of a quarrel, strait I clap the door,
Sir, let me see your works and you no more.
"A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse."
If I dislike it, "Furies, death and rage!
If I approve, "Commend it to the Stage."
There (thank my Stars) my whole Commission ends,
The Play'rs and I are, luckily, no friends. 60
Fir'd that the House reject him, "'Sdeath I'll print it
"And shame the Fools—your Int'rest, Sir, with Lintot.
Lintot, dull rogue! will think your price too much
"Not Sir, if you revise it, and retouch."
All my demurrs but double his attacks, 65
At last he whispers "Do, and we go snacks."
Glad of a quarrel, strait I clap the door,
Sir, let me see your works and you no more.
'Tis sung, when Midas' Ears began to spring,
(Midas, a sacred Person and a King) 70
His very Minister who spy'd them first,
(Some say his [1]Queen) was forc'd to speak, or burst.
And is not mine, my Friend a sorer case,
When ev'ry Coxcomb perks them in my face?
(Midas, a sacred Person and a King) 70
His very Minister who spy'd them first,
(Some say his [1]Queen) was forc'd to speak, or burst.
And is not mine, my Friend a sorer case,
When ev'ry Coxcomb perks them in my face?
"Good
