AN

ELEGY

ON THE

GLORY OF HER SEX,

MRS. MARY BLAIZE.

Goop people all, with one accord,
Lament for Madam Blaize,
Who never wanted a good word-
From those who spoke her praise.

The needy seldom pass'd her door,
And always found her kind;
She freely lent to all the poor,-
Who left a pledge behind.

She strove the neighbourhood to please,

With manners wondrous winning; And never follow'd wicked ways,

Unless when she was sinning.

At church, in silks and satins new,
With hoop of monstrous size;
She never slumber'd in her pew,—
But when she shut her eyes.

Her love was sought, I do aver,
By twenty beaux and more;
The king himself has follow'd her,-
When she has walk'd before.

But now her wealth and finery fled,
Her hangers-on cut short all;
The doctors found, when she was dead,—
Her last disorder mortal.

Let us lament, in sorrow sore,

For Kent-street well may say,

That had she liv'd a twelvemonth more,

She had not died to-day.

RETALIATION:

A POEM:

FIRST PRINTED IN M,DCC,LXXIV.

AFTER THE AUTHOR'S DEATH.

Dr. Goldsmith and some of his friends occasionally dined at the St. James's Coffee-house.-One day it was proposed to write epitaphs on him. His country, dialect, and person, furnished subjects of witticism. He was called on for RETALIATION, and at their next meeting produced the following poem.

RETALIATION;

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Or old, when Scarron his companions invited, Each guest brought his dish, and the feast was united; If our *landlord supplies us with beef, and with fish, Let each guest bring himself, and he brings the best dish:

Our + Dean shall be venison, just fresh from the plains; Our Burke shall be tongue, with the garnish of

brains:

Our Will shall be wild fowl, of excellent flavour, And || Dick with his pepper shall heighten the savour:

* The master of the St. James's coffee-house, where the Doctor, and the friends he has characterized in this poem, occasionally dined.

+ Doctor Bernard, dean of Derry in Ireland.

The Right Hon. Edmund Burke.

§ Mr. William Burke, late secretary to General Conway, and member for Bedwin.

Mr. Richard Burke, collector of Granada.