To Mrs. CÆsar, at the Speaker's Lodgings at Bath.

To Mrs. CÆsar, at the Speaker's Lodgings at Bath. Mary Barber 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. T42622 519 p. 45 Barber, Mary, ca. 1690-1757. Poems on Several Occasions [poems only]. London Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1734 pp. 156-157. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰.

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To Mrs. CÆsar "Mary Freeman, friend of Swift, who saw her as promoter and protector of Mary Barber when the latter was in England." (Tucker [1992], 221) , at the Speaker's Lodgings at Bath . The Author , who had been engag'd to dine with Mrs. CÆsar , was excus'd by that Lady , upon an Invitation from Lord Carteret's ; and the next Day Mrs. CÆsar was invited by the Speaker , which occasion'd the following Lines . When lately you acquitted me , With Carteret I din'd ; And , in Return , ( tho' grievous ) thee To Onslow I resign'd . 'Tis wise the happy Hour to seize ; For , search the Nation round , Such Peers , or Commoners , as these , Where are they to be found ? Our Situation's chang'd you see : ( How Pleasures fleet away ! ) But Yesterday you envy'd me ; I envy you To-day .