Don't wonder, dear Mother, in Verse I have writ,
For JENNY declares I've a good pretty Wit;
She says that she frequently sends a few Verses
To Friends and Acquaintance, and often rehearses:
Declares 'tis the Fashion, and all the World knows
There's nothing so filthy, so vulgar as Prose.
And I hope, as I write without any Connection,
I shall make a great Figure in DODSLEY's Collection;
At least, when he chooses his Book to encrease,
I may take a small Flight, as a
But now, my dear Mother, I'm quite at a Stand,
So I rest your most dutiful Son to Command,