Verses Occasioned by Hearing That a Gentleman at the Hotwell, Bristol
OCCASIONED BY HEARING THAT A GENTLEMAN AT THE HOTWELL, BRISTOL, HAD WRITTEN SATIRICAL VERSES ON A LADY . 1779.
For nobler purposes design'd
Than puny war to wage,
What cause can sink a hero's mind
To worse than woman's rage?
What female fault can rouse the soul
To dip the rancorous quill?
How justify the' envenom'd scroll
One female fame to kill?
If frailty aims the slight offence,
What man perceives the smart?
O! let not bravery and sense
Return the feeble dart.
O'er the soft sex love gladly throws
Its adamantine shield,
And few are ever known their foes,
Or try the' inglorious field.
Thus on the form of Beauty's queen
One only Greek was found,
Rough Diomed, with weapon keen,
Who dar'd inflict a wound.
For nobler purposes design'd
Than puny war to wage,
What cause can sink a hero's mind
To worse than woman's rage?
What female fault can rouse the soul
To dip the rancorous quill?
How justify the' envenom'd scroll
One female fame to kill?
If frailty aims the slight offence,
What man perceives the smart?
O! let not bravery and sense
Return the feeble dart.
O'er the soft sex love gladly throws
Its adamantine shield,
And few are ever known their foes,
Or try the' inglorious field.
Thus on the form of Beauty's queen
One only Greek was found,
Rough Diomed, with weapon keen,
Who dar'd inflict a wound.
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