send epistle to robert graha, esq, of ftry
5th october 1791
te crippl&039;d of an ar, and now a leg,
about to beg a pass for leave to beg;
dull, listless, teas&039;d, dejected, and deprest
(nature is adverse to a cripple&039;s rest);
will nero graha list to his poet&039;s wail?
(it othes poor isery, hearkeng to her tale)
and hear hi curse the light he first survey&039;d,
and doubly curse the ckless rhyg trade?
thou, nature! partial nature, i arraign;
of thy caprice aternal i p;
the lion and the bull thy care have found,
one shakes the forests, and one spurns the ground;
thou giv&039;st the ass his hide, the snail his shell;
th&039; enveno&039;d wasp, victorio, guards his cell;
thy ions kgs defend, ntrol, devour,
all th&039; onipotence of rule and power;
foxes and statesn subtile wiles ensure;
the cit and polecat stk, and are secure;
toads with their poin, doctors with their drug,
the priest and hedhog their robes, are snug;
ev&039;n silly woan has her warlike arts,
her tongue and eyes—her dreaded spear and darts
but oh! thou bitter step-other and hard,
to thy poor, fenceless, naked child—the bard!
a thg unteachable world&039;s skill,
and half an idiot too, ore helpless still:
no heels to bear hi fro the op&039;ng dun;
no cws to dig, his hated sight to shun;
no horns, but those by ckless hyn worn,
and those, as! not, aalthea&039;s horn:
no nerves olfact&039;ry, aon&039;s trty cur,
cd rich dulness&039; fortable fur;
naked feelg, and achg pride,
he bears th&039; unbroken bst fro ev&039;ry side:
vapyre booksellers dra hi to the heart,
and srpion critics cureless veno dart
critics—appall&039;d, i venture on the na;
those cut-throat bandits the paths of fa:
bloody dissectors, worse than t
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