In your indignation what mercy appears, While Jonathan's threatened with loss of his ears; For who would not think it a much better choice, By your knife to be mangled than racked with your voice. If truly you would be revenged on the parson, Command his attendance while you act your farce on, Instead of your maiming, your shooting, or banging, Bid Povey secure him while you are haranguing. Had this been your method to torture him, long since, He had cut his own ears to be deaf to your nonsense. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PLANTING by MARGARET LEE ASHLEY UNREASONABLE REASON by JOSEPH BEAUMONT DAWN MAGIC by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN A NIGHT FANCY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: MACROMICROS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND by ROBERT BURNS ENDORSEMENT TO THE DEED OF SEPARATION, IN THE APRIL OF 1816 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |