To a Gentleman, who took a very grave Friend of his, to visit one of quite a different Turn.

To a Gentleman, who took a very grave Friend of his, to visit one of quite a different Turn. 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 p. 241. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰.

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To a Gentleman , who took a very grave Friend of his , to visit one of quite a different Turn . I hope , Sir , by this you have found your Account , In visiting Airy , and seeing his Mount : If Froth can delight you , you're wonderous happy ; And we know it gives Joy on a Bottle of Nappy . Your Friend would be very much mended , in troth , Should Airy bestow him a Dash of his Froth : To keep up the Metaphor , 'twould make him mellow , And of a sour Stoic , a pleasant young Fellow ; And Airy be recompens'd well for that Favour , If your Friend , in Return , should make him grow graver . This Exchange should they make , it would set 'em both right ; Since one is too solid , and t'other too light .