<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421098" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Gadfly</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">1. <br>All gentle folks who owe a grudge<br>To any living thing<br>Open your ears and stay your t[r]udge<br>Whilst I in dudgeon sing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">2.<br>The Gadfly he hath stung me sore--<br>O may he ne'er sting you!<br>But we have many a horrid bore<br>He may sting black and blue.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">3.<br>Has any here an old grey Mare<br>With three legs all her store,<br>O put it to her Buttocks bare<br>And straight she'll run on four.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">4. <br>Has any here a Lawyer suit<br>Of 1743,<br>Take Lawyer's nose and put it to't<br>And you the end will see.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">5.<br>Is there a Man in Parliament<br>Dum[b-] founder'd in his speech,<br>O let his neighbour make a rent<br>And put one in his breech.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">6. <br>O Lowther how much better thou<br>Hadst figur'd t'other day<br>When to the folks thou mad'st a bow <br>And hadst no more to say.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">7.<br>If lucky Gadfly had but ta'en<br>His seat * * * * * * * * *<br>And put thee to a little pain<br>To save thee from a worse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">8.<br>Better than Southey it had been,<br>Better than Mr. D-------,<br>Better than Wordsworth too, I ween,<br>Better than Mr. V-------.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">9.<br>Forgive me pray good people all<br>For deviating so -- <br>In spirit sure I had a call -- <br>And now I on will go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">10.<br>Has any here a daughter fair<br>Too fond of reading novels,<br>Too apt to fall in love with care<br>And charming Mister Lovels,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">11.<br>O put a Gadfly to that thing<br>She keeps so white and pert --<br>I mean the finger for the ring,<br>And it will breed a wort.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">12.<br>Has any here a pious spouse<br>Who seven times a day<br>Scolds as King David pray'd, to chouse<br>And have her holy way --</div><div style="margin:10px 0">13.<br>O let a Gadfly's little sting<br>Persuade her sacred tongue<br>That noises are a common thing,<br>But that her bell has rung.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">14.<br>And as this is the summon bo<br>num of all conquering,<br>I leave 'withouten wordes mo'<br>The Gadfly's little sting.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Keats">John Keats</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421098" data-title="The Gadfly de John Keats" data-description="1. All gentle folks who owe a grudge To any living thing Open your ears and stay your t[r]udge Whilst I in dudgeon sing. 2. The Gadfly he hath stung me sore-- O may he ne'er sting you! But we have many a horrid bore He may sting black and blue. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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