On MITES. To a LADY. Stephen Duck Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T90234 K073280.000 Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756. Poems on several occasions: By Stephen Duck. London printed for the author 1736 pp. 160-161. xl,334,[2]p. ; 4⁰.

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On MITES . To a LADY . 'Tis but by way of Simile . PRIOR . DEAR Madam , did you never gaze , Thro' Optic-glass , on rotten Cheese ? There , Madam , did you ne'er perceive A Crowd of dwarfish Creatures live ? The little Things , elate with Pride , Strut to and fro , from Side to Side : In tiny Pomp , and pertly vain , Lords of their pleasing Orb , they reign ; And , fill'd with harden'd Curds and Cream , Think the whole Dairy made for them . SO Men , conceited Lords of all , Walk proudly o'er this pendent Ball , Fond of their little Spot below , Nor greater Beings care to know ; But think , those Worlds , which deck the Skies , Were only form'd to please their Eyes .