Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco. A tale / By Peter Pindar, Esquire [pseud.] [i.e. John Wolcot].

  • John Wolcot
Date:
1788
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco. A tale / By Peter Pindar, Esquire [pseud.] [i.e. John Wolcot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ >5 ] THUS having finifh’d, forth Sir Jofeph hies, Hope in his heart, and eagles in his eyes! Juft like a pointer, quartering well his ground. He nimbly trots .the field around ! At length, to blefs his hunting ambulation, ' Up rofe a Native of the flutt’ring nation. Broad ftar’d Sir Jofeph as if ftruck by thunder ; r . ^ , > • , i * ' . (For'much, indeed, are eyes enlarg’d by wonder,) When from a dab of dung, or fome fuch thingT » , An Emp’ror of Morocco rear’d his wing! p Not Archimedes, ’tis my firm belief, More bleft, cried “ Eureka, I’ve nabb’d the thief;’* Nor hunters, when a hare, to fhun foul play,- Steals from his feat fo fly, cry “ Stole away; ” Nor ftale old nymphs, by raging virtue fway’d, • /' , \r. Bmar on a Frail one, Kill the wicked jade Than roar’d Sir Jofeph on the verdant fod, “ Morocco’s Emp’ror, by the living God !” Not
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