LinesToAGentleman,

linestoagentleman,

whohadsentthepoetanewspaper,andoffered

tocontinueitfreeofexpense.

kindsir,i'vereadyourpaperthrough,

andfaith,tome,'twasreallynew!

howguessedye,sir,whatmaistiwanted?

thismonyadayi'vegrain'dandgaunted,

tokenwhatfrenchmischiefwasbrewin;

orwhatthedrumliedutchweredoin;

thatviledoup-skelper,emperorjoseph,

ifvenusyethadgothisnoseoff;

orhowthecollieshangieworks

atweentherussiansandtheturks,

oriftheswede,beforehehalt,

wouldplayanithercharlesthetwa<

ifdenmark,anybodyspako't;

orpoland,whahadnowthetacko't:

howcut-throatprussianbladeswerehingin;

howlibbetitalywassingin;

ifspaniard,portuguese,orswiss,

weresayin'ortakin'aughtamiss;

orhowourmerryladsathame,

inbritain'scourtkeptupthegame;

howroyalgeorge,thelordleuko'erhim!

wasmanagingst.stephen'squorum;

ifsleekitchathamwillwaslivin,

orglaikitcharliegothisnievein;

howdaddieburkethepleawascookin,

ifwarrenhasting'sneckwasyeukin;

howcesses,stents,andfeeswererax'd.

orifbarearsesyetweretax'd;

thenewso'princes,dukes,andearls,

pimps,sharpers,bawds,andopera-girls;

ifthatdaftbuckie,geordiewales,

wasthreshingstillathizzies'tails;

orifhewasgrownoughtlinsdouser,

andnoaperfectkintracooser:

a'thisandmairineverheardof;

and,butforyou,imightdespair'dof.

so,gratefu',backyournewsisendyou,

andpraya'gudethingsmayattendyou.

ellisland,mondaymorning,1790.