See first the merry P— comes
In haste without his garter.
Then lords and lordlings, 'squires and knights,
Wits, witllngs, prigs, and peers:
Garth at St. James's, and at White's,
Beats up for volunteers.
What Fenton will not do, nor Gay,
Nor Congreve, Rowe, nor Stanyan,
Tom Burnet or Tom D'Urfy may,
John Dunton, Steel, or any one.
If justice Philips' costive head
Some frigid rhymes disburses;
They shall like Persian tales be read,
And glad both babes and nurses.
Let Warwick's Muse with Ash—t join,
And Ozel's with lord Hervey's,
Tickell and Addison combine,
And Pope translate with Jervis.
L— himself, that lively lord,
Who bows to every lady,
Shall join with F— in one accord,
And be like Tate and Brady.
Ye ladies, too, draw forth your pen;
I pray, where can the hurt lie?
Since you have brains as well as men,
As witness lady Wortley.
Now, Tonson, list thy forces all,
Review them and tell noses:
For to poor Ovid shall befal
A strange metamorphosis;
A me-
