THE BACCHANALIAN'S PRAYER!!

GENEROUS and exhilarating BACCHUS, pour down, I befeech thee, thy Nectar on a voluptuous Worfhipper: 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 Vifion, that makes one Guinea appear like unto two, and converts one Wife to a couple. ORPHEUS, it is faid, caufed the Rocks and the Trees to Caper, so I, by thy Inspiration, can at all Times produce the fame Effect as that ineftimable Musician.

Objects inverted, or topfy-turvy, at first appear Strange, but Ufe and Experience make them familiar to the Eye, and pleafing to the Senſes; though Stationary they appear in Motion, and it is admitted that moving Proſpects are charming and delightful in the Eye of a ſkilful Artift, But O! thou inſtruſtive 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 amongſt us, and grant us Plenty of all other Wines, Punch, Arrack, Shrub, Uſquebaugh, and all other precious Liquors, even down unto the Juniper Compoſition, y'clep'd Gin, fo that the Advantages I have enumerated may be made Clear, even to the meaneſt Capacity.

THE BACCHANALIAN'S PRAYER!!

GENEROUS and exhilarating BACCHUS, pour down, I befeech thee, thy Neestar on a voluptuous Worfhipper: 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 faid, caufed the Rocks and the Trees to Caper, fo I, by thy Inspiration, can at all Times produce the fame Effect as that inestimable Musician.

Objects invertet, or topfy-turvy, at first appear Strange, but Use and Experience make them familiar to the Eye, and pleafing to the Senſes; though Stationary they appear in Motion, and it is admitted that moving Proſpects are charming and delightful in the Eye of a ſkilful Artift, But O! thou inſtruſtive 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.

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

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Yale Center for British Art, 2013