An Assorted Collection of Eighteenth-Century Poetry
An EPIGRAM.
18th Century Various EnglishAn EPIGRAM.
By the Same.
I Dropt a thing in verse, without a name; I felt no censure, and I gain'd no fame: The public saw the bastard in the cradle, But ne'er enquir'd; so left it to the beadle. A certain nobleman takes up the child, The real father lay perdue, and smil'd. The public now enlarges every grace, What shining eyes it has! how fair a face! Of parts what symmetry! what strength divine! The noble brat is sure of Pelops' line.