Verses
sent
to
a
Lady
,
who
took
Delight
in
ridiculing
a
Person
of
very
weak
Under-standing
,
whom
she
reliev'd
from
Want
.
Should
you
employ
your
Ridicule
,
On
those
who
Pity
claim
?
Think
,
Birtha
,
is
the
native
Fool
For
Wit
a
proper
Theme
?
On
Vice
your
hum'rous
Vein
display
;
'Tis
meritorious
there
;
Or
tow'ring
Vanity
allay
;
But
,
O
!
Misfortune
spare
.
With
Wisdom
who
endows
the
Brain
,
To
thy
Remembrance
call
;
Nor
,
while
the
Wretched
you
sustain
,
Tincture
their
Cup
with
Gall
.