The dullest beast, and a shameful jeer, Without it a lady should never appear.[20]
I writ all these before I went to bed. Pray explain them for me, because I cannot do it.
[Footnote 1: A swine.] [Footnote 2: A swallow.] [Footnote 3: A stallion.] [Footnote 4: A sail.] [Footnote 5: A spaniel.] [Footnote 6: A spur.] [Footnote 7: A soul.] [Footnote 8: A sloven.] [Footnote 9: A sallad.] [Footnote 10: A slip.] [Footnote 11: A sparrow.] [Footnote 12: A saddle.] [Footnote 13: A style.] [Footnote 14: A slice.] [Footnote 15: A spy.] [Footnote 16: A spavin.] [Footnote 17: A spit.] [Footnote 18: A skewer.] [Footnote 19: Assault.] [Footnote 20: A smock.]
A long-ear'd beast, and a field-house for cattle, Among the coals doth often rattle.[1]
A long-ear'd beast, a bird that prates, The bridegrooms' first gift to their mates, Is by all pious Christians thought, In clergymen the greatest fault.[2]
A long-ear'd beast, and woman of Endor, If your wife be a scold, that will mend her.[3]
With a long-ear'd beast, and medicine's use, Cooks make their fowl look tight and spruce.[4]
A long-ear'd beast, and holy fable, Strengthens the shoes of half the rabble.[5]
A long-ear'd beast, and Rhenish wine, Lies in the lap of ladies fine.[6]
A long-ear'd beast, and Flanders College, Is Dr. T----l, to my knowledge.[7]
A long-ear'd beast, and building knight, Censorious people do in spite.[8]
A long-ear'd beast, and bird of night, We sinners art too apt to slight.[9]
A long-ear'd beast, and shameful vermin, A judge will eat, though clad in ermine.[10]
A long-ear'd beast, and Irish cart, Can leave a mark, and give a smart.[11]
A long-ear'd beast, in mud to lie, No bird in air so swift can fly.[12]
A long-ear'd beast, and a sputt'ring old Whig, I wish he were in it, and dancing a jig.[13]
A long-ear'd beast, and liquor to write, Is a damnable smell both morning and night.[14]
A long-ear'd beast, and the child of a sheep, At Whist they will make a desperate sweep.[15]
A beast long-ear'd, and till midnight you stay, Will cover a house much better than clay.[16]
A long-ear'd beast, and the drink you love best, You call him a sloven in earnest for jest.[17]
A long-ear'd beast, and the sixteenth letter, I'd not look at all unless I look'd better.[18]