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When Fate presents us with the Bays	A
We prize the Praiser not the Praise	A
We scarcely think our Fame eternal	B
If vouched for by the Farthing Journal	B
But when the Craftsman's self has spoken	C
We take it for a certain Token	C
This an Example best will show	D
Derived from DENNIS DIDEROT	E
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A hackney Author who'd essayed	E
All Hazards of the scribbling Trade	E
And failed to live by every Mode	E
From Persian Tale to Birthday Ode	E
Embarked at last thro' pure Starvation	C
In Theologic Speculation	C
'Tis commonly affirmed his Pen	F
Had been most orthodox till then	F
But oft as SOCRATES has said	E
The Stomach's stronger than the Head	E
And for a sudden Change of Creed	E
There is no Jesuit like Need	E
Then too 'twas cheap he took it all	G
By force of Habit from the Gaul	G
He showed the Trick is nowise new	H
That Nothing we believe is true	H
But chiefly that Mistake is rife	I
Touching the point of After Life	I
Here all were wrong from PLATO down	J
His Price in Boards was Half a Crown	J
The Thing created quite a Scare	K
He got a Letter from VOLTAIRE	K
Naming him Ami and Confr re	L
Besides two most attractive Offers	M
Of Chaplaincies from noted Scoffers	M
He fell forthwith his Head to lift	E
To talk of I and DR SW FT	E
And brag at Clubs as one who spoke	N
On equal Terms with BOLINGBROKE	N
But at the last a Missive came	O
That put the Copestone to his Fame	O
The Boy who brought it would not wait	E
It bore a Covent Garden Date	E
A woful Sheet with doubtful Ink	N
And Air of Bridewell or the Clink	N
It ran in this wise Learned Sir	P
We whose Subscriptions follow here	Q
Desire to state our Fellow feeling	N
In this Religion you're revealing	N
You make it plain that if so be	R
We 'scape on Earth from Tyburn Tree	R
There's nothing left for us to fear	S
In this or any other Sphere	S
We offer you our Thanks and hope	T
Your Honor too may cheat the Rope	T
With that came all the Names beneath	U
As BLUESKIN JERRY CLINCH MACHEATH	U
BET CARELESS and the Rest a Score	V
Of Rogues and Bona Robas more	V
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This Newgate Calendar he read	E
'Tis not recorded what he said	E

Henry Austin Dobson

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