# THE BACCHANALIAN'S PRAYER!!

GENEROUS and exhilarating BACCHUS, pour down, I befeech thee, thy Nectar on a voluptuous Worshipper: It is true I am not capable of walking in a straight Line, yet it is known to all that a regular and flowing Curve is the true Criterion of Beauty. Oh! mighty BACCHUS, continue to me that delectable double Vision, that makes one Guinea appear like unto two, and converts one Wife to a couple. ORPHEUS, it is said, caused the Rocks and the Trees to Caper, so I, by thy Inspiration, can at all Times produce the fame Effect as that inestimable Mufician.

Objects inverted, or topfy-turvy, at first appear Strange, but Use and Experience make them familiar to the Eye, and pleasing to the Senes; though Stationary they appear in Motion, and it is admitted that moving Objects are charming and delightful in the Eye of a kilful Artist, But O! thou instructive Deity, one Science above all I have to thank thee for, which is the Knowledge of Astronomy. The World turning on its Axis, when Sober I could never comprehend, but inspired by thee I plainly perceive its Motion.

Protect, I befeech thee, the good People of Portugal, so that their Red Port may still continue among us, and grant us Plenty of all other Wines, Punch, Arrack, Shrub, Ufquebaugh, and all other precious Liquors, even down unto the Juniper Compofition, y'clep'd Gin, so that the Advantages I have enumerated may be made Clear, even to the meanest Capacity.