Classic Poem

On several Stars and Garters being seen at the Quaker's Meeting-House there.

I.

Have you heard in the North
Of a strange Holding forth,
That was made to some Peers of the Nation?
How they left Mother Church
On a time in the Lurch,
To receive Sister Ruth 's Consolation?
Fall de rall , &c.

II.

Cause the Way was too streight ,
Nor much us'd by the Great;
They resolv'd on't for once not to stickle,
But to shun S — b — th-breaking,
Wou'd e'en go a Quaking
With our Friends of the Conventicle.
Fall de rall , &c.

III.

The Brethren with Fear
Saw their Lordships appear,
And the Vision began to deplore;
The very Man of Sin
They thought entring in,
And the Beast with Ten Horns at the Door.
Fall de rall , &c.

IV.

But how Folks may mistake,
When but scarcely awake;
For, instead of this Son of Perdition ,
And these Horns of ten Rams ,
Lo ten Lords meek as Lambs
Soon were seated in gentle Condition.
Fall de rall , &c.
V.

Then for Joy as Fame tells,
Tho' they hate Romish Bells,
Yet to welcome these Proselyte Peers,
la a Clamour of Zeal
They rung up such a Peal,
As my Lords felt on both Sides their Ears.
Fall de rall , &c.

VI.

Had they all been converted
Before they departed,
And to Town should have slipt away strait,
What a World of each Sort
Wou'd have posted to Court,
To have view'd the odd Change in the State!
Fall de rall , &c.

VII.

Where (instead of blue Garters)
With Coats plain as Martyrs,
And plaited Cravats, lilly white,
They had stood to be seen
By our King and our Queen,
On a Ball or a Drawing-Room Night.
Fall de rall , &c.