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The Sermonizing Rascal chid?
A Glover that sold Lamb for Kid.
A Glover that sold Lamb for Kid.
The least Thing was not done amiss,
Or cross’d the Publick Business;
But all the Rogues cry’d brazenly,
Good Gods, had we but Honesty!
Merc’ry smiled at th’ Impudence;
And Others call’d it want of Sence,
Always to rail at what they loved:
But Jove, with Indignation moved,
At last in Anger swore, he’d rid
The bawling Hive of Fraud, and did.
The very Moment it departs,
And Honesty fills all their Hearts;
There shews ’em, like th' Instructive Tree,
Those Crimes, which they’re ashamed to see;
Which now in Silence they confess,
By Blushing at their Uglyness;
Or cross’d the Publick Business;
But all the Rogues cry’d brazenly,
Good Gods, had we but Honesty!
Merc’ry smiled at th’ Impudence;
And Others call’d it want of Sence,
Always to rail at what they loved:
But Jove, with Indignation moved,
At last in Anger swore, he’d rid
The bawling Hive of Fraud, and did.
The very Moment it departs,
And Honesty fills all their Hearts;
There shews ’em, like th' Instructive Tree,
Those Crimes, which they’re ashamed to see;
Which now in Silence they confess,
By Blushing at their Uglyness;
Which
