The PRICE of an EQUIPAGE. William Shenstone 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. T131163 K104099.005 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. V. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 52-53. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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The PRICE of an EQUIPAGE . Servum si potes , Ole , non habere Et regem potes , Ole , non habere MAR. I ASK'D a friend , amidst the throng , Whose coach it was that trail'd along : " The gilded coach there — don't you mind ? " That with the footmen stuck behind . " O Sir , says he , what ha'n't ye seen it ? 'Tis Timon's coach , and Timon in it . 'Tis odd , methinks , you have forgot Your friend , your neighbour , and — what not ? Your old acquaintance , Timon ! — " True , " But faith his equipage is new . " Bless me , said I , where can it end ? " What madness has possess'd my friend ? " Four powder'd slaves , and those the tallest ! " Their stomachs , doubtless , not the smallest ! " Can Timon's revenue maintain " In lace and food , so large a train ? " I know his land — each inch o' ground — " 'Tis not a mile to walk it round — " And if his whole estate can bear " To keep a lad , and one-horse chair , " I own 'tis past my comprehension ! " — Yes , Sir ; but Timon has a pension . Thus does a false ambition rule us ; Thus pomp delude , and folly fool us ; To keep a race of flickering knaves , He grows himself the worst of slaves .