And with bridles fine and gay,
Bridles borrow'd for a day;
Bridles destin'd far to roam,
Ah! never, never to come home.
And with hats so very big, sir,
And with powder'd caps and wigs, sir,
And with ruffles to be shown,
Cambric ruffles not their own;!
And with Holland shirts so white,
Shirts becoming to the sight,
Shirts bewrought with different letters,
As belonging to their betters. J. 1
With their pretty tinsel'd boxes,
Gotten from their dainty doxies,
And with rings so very trim,
Lately taken out of lim-*
And with very little pence,
And as very little sense T
With some law, but little justice,
Having stolen from my hostess,
From the barber and the cutler,
Like the soldier from the sutler;

VOL. XIV.

A cant word for pawning.-H.

100 viceð mugit rise from numan forms; The body to a trunk be turn'd,

And branches issue from the arms.

Chus Dædalus and Ovid too,

That man's a blockhead, have confest: Powel* and Stretch * the hint pursue; Life is a farce, the world a jest.

The same great truth South Sea has prov'd
On that fam'd theatre, the alley;
Where thousands, by directors mov'd,
Are now sad monuments of folly.

What Momus was of old to Jove,
The same a Harlequin is now;
The former was buffoon above,
The latter as a Punch below.

This fleeting scene is but a stage,
Where various images appear;
In different parts of youth and age,
Alike the prince and

peasant share.

*Two famous puppet-show men.