When Mayor of W–s, in Somersetshire.
A STORY now I will unfold,
(As true a one as e’er was told,)
‘Tis of a man , or rather ass,
Who in low cunning doth surpass;
In W–s he lives, puff’d up with pride,
And a thousand follies else beside!–
I see you fain would learn his name;
The lines which follow tell the same:–
An ass he was, but now, O rare!
Transform’d the ass is to a m –y –r!
From m–y–r to ass he’ll change again,
And ass from thence will e’er remain!!!
No doubt you think it mighty strange,
That e’er could be so great a change;
But cease, I pray, your wond’rous looks,
The riddle’s solv’d in Georgy B***k*s.
(Elizabeth Beverley)
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