" It appears, from the following
verses, that Delany was far from being of the same opinion with those who
thought he was too amply provided for.--_Scott._ See the "Vindication,"
"Prose Works," vii, p. 244.--_W. E. B._]
[Footnote 2: Which, according to Swift's calculation, in his "Vindication
of Lord Carteret," amounted only to L300 a year. "Prose Works," vol. vii,
p. 245.--_W. E. B._]
[Footnote 3: A free school at Inniskillen, founded by Erasmus Smith,
Esq.--_Scott._]
[Footnote 4: Sir Ralph Gore, who had a villa in the lake of
Erin.--_F._]
[Footnote 5: Symmachus, Bishop of Rome, 499, made a decree, that no man
should solicit for ecclesiastical preferment before the death of the
incumbent.--_H._]
AN EPISTLE UPON AN EPISTLE
FROM A CERTAIN DOCTOR TO A CERTAIN GREAT LORD.
BEING A CHRISTMAS-BOX FOR DR. DELANY
As Jove will not attend on less,
When things of more importance press:
You can't, grave sir, believe it hard,
That you, a low Hibernian bard,
Should cool your heels a while, and wait
Unanswer'd at your patron's gate;
And would my lord vouchsafe to grant
This one poor humble boon I want,
Free leave to play his secretary,
As Falstaff acted old king Harry;[1]
I'd tell of yours in rhyme and print,
Folks shrug, and cry, "There's nothing in't.
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