1769
ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION
Sir Joseph Mawbey
Anonymous, "To Sir Joseph Mawbey, on a late affair at Tunbridge" Middlesex Journal (17 October 1769).
Commentary for
Sir Joseph Mawbey:
1761: A Lady
1765: Anonymous
1768: A Lady
1768: Anonymous
1769: Anonymous
1769: Anonymous
1772: S. B.
1772: W. H.
1773: W. H.
1773: Anti-Atheist
1774: A Boroughnian
1774: Anonymous
1782: Sarah Emma Spencer
1787: Anonymous
1832: John Taylor Esq.
How could you so severely lash
Those dull unmeaning bards?
Ne'er squander sterling wit on trash,
'Twere better mind your cards.
With beaux and belles your game pursue,
Fair Fortune's call attend;
And may you still an honour shew,
When call'd on by your friend.
'Tis trifling, wittlings to expose,
Let not your muse grow wanton;
You've pull'd one Justice by the nose,
Make not a second P*****.