English Poetry. William Shenstone. The Invidious. Уильям Шенстон.

William Shenstone (Уильям Шенстон)

The Invidious

Martial.

O Fortune! if my prayer of old
Was ne'er solicitous for gold,
With better grace thou may'st allow
My suppliant wish, that asks it now:
Yet think not, Goddess! I require it
For the same end your clowns desire it.
In a well made effectual string
Fain would I see Lovidio swing;
Hear him, from Tyburn's height haranguing;
But such a cur's not worth one's hanging.
Give me, O Goddess! store of pelf,
And he will tie the knot himself.

William Shenstone’s other poems:

1. Elegy. His Recantation
2. Elegy. On the Untimely Death of a Certain Learned Acquainance
3. Elegy. He Describes His Early Love of Poetry, and Its Consequences
4. The Speeches of Sloth and Virtue
5. Elegy. He Describes His Disinterestedness to a Friend

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