English Dictionary

Let Paris tremble—“What? that Thing of ſilk,

“Paris, that mere white Curd of Aſs’s milk?

“Satire or Shame alas! can Paris feel?

“Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?”

Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded wings,

Let Paris tremble—“What? that Thing of ſilk, “Paris, that mere white Curd of Aſs’s milk? “Satire or Shame alas! can Paris feel? “Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?” Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded wings, This painted Child of Dirt that ſtinks and ſtings