Oliver Goldsmith (Îëèâåð Ãîëäñìèò)

An Epigram

Addressed to the getlemen reflected on in the Rostad,
A Poem, by the author

Worried with debts and past all hopes of bail,
His pen he prostitutes t' avoid a gaol.
ROSCOM.


LET not the 'hungry' Bavius' angry stroke
Awake resentment, or your rage provoke;
But pitying his distress, let virtue shine,
And giving each your bounty, 'let him dine';
For thus retain'd, as learned counsel can,
Each case, however bad, he'll new japan;
And by a quick transition, plainly show
'Twas no defect of yours, but 'pocket low',
That caused his 'putrid kennel' to o'erflow. 

1. Song Intended To Have Been Sung In 'she Stoops To Conquer'
2. The Poet Laberius
3. To G. C. And R. L.
4. Epilogue To 'She Stoops To Conquer'
5. Description of an Author's Bedchamber

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