Poem by Matthew Prior

On a Fart - Let in the House of Commons

Reader, I was born, and cried;
I crack'd, I smelt, and so I died.
Like Julius Caesar's was my death,
Who in the senate lost his breath.
Much alike entomb'd does lie
The noble Romulus and I:
And when I died, like Flora fair,
I left the commonwealth my heir.

1. An Ode - Presented to the King, on His Majesty's Arrival in Holland, after the Queen's Death
2. Partial Fame
3. An Extempore Invitation to the Earl of Oxford, Lord High Treasurer
4. A Lover's Anger
5. Love Disarmed

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