Old age & death > On the first-fit of the gout

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THOU that art always half the CITY's Grace,
And addſt to ſolemn NODLE, ſolemn Pace :
THOU that art us'd to ſit on LA D Y's Knee,
To feed on Jellis, and to drink cold T E A :
T H O U that Art ne're from Velvet-Slipper free ;
Whence comes this: unſought Honour unto me ?
Whence does this mighty Condeſcenſion flow ?
To viſit my poor Tabernacle ?----Oh !---

As J O V E vouchſaſ'd on Idas Top, 'tis ſaid,
At poor Philemon's Cott to take a Bed;
Pleas'd with the mean,but hoſpitable Feaſt,
Jove bad him Ask, and granted his Requeſt.

So do THOU grant (for thourt of Race-divine
Begot on Venus, by the GOD ,of WINE)
My humble Suit; and either give me S T O R E
To entertain THEE, or come here no more.

                        F I N I S.

Sold by John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall. 1706. Price Two Pence.