Mr. Rochfort's Reply

You say your face is better hungThan ours--by what? by nose or tongue?In not explaining you are wrongto us, sir.

Because we thus must state the case,That you have got a hanging face,Th' untimely end's a damn'd disgraceof noose, sir.

But yet be not cast down: I seeA weaver will your hangman be:You'll only hang in tapestrywith many;

And then the ladies, I suppose,Will praise your longitude of nose,For latent charms within your clothes,dear Danny.

Thus will the fair of every ageFrom all parts make their pilgrimage,Worship thy nose with pious rageof love, sir:

All their religion will be spentAbout thy woven monument,And not one orison be sentto Jove, sir.

You the famed idol will become,As gardens graced in ancient Rome,By matrons worshipp'd in the gloomof night.

O happy Dan! thrice happy sure!Thy fame for ever shall endure,Who after death can love secureat sight.

So far I thought it was my dutyTo dwell upon thy boasted beauty;Now I'll proceed: a word or two t' yein answer

To that part where you carry onThis paradox, that rock and stoneIn your opinion, are all one:How can, sir,

A man of reasoning so profoundSo stupidly be run a-ground,As things so different to confoundt'our senses?

Except you judged them by the knockOf near an equal hardy block;Such an experimental strokeconvinces.

Then might you be, by dint of reason,A proper judge on this occasion;'Gainst feeling there's no disputation,is granted:

Therefore to thy superior wit,Who made the trial, we submit;Thy head to prove the truth of itwe wanted.

In one assertion you're to blame,Where Dan and Sherry's made the same,Endeavouring to have your namerefined, sir:

You'll see most grossly you mistook,If you consult your spelling-book,(The better half you say you took,)you'll find, sir,S, H, E, she--and R, I, ri,

Both put together make Sherry;D, A, N, Dan--makes up the threesyllables;

Dan is but one, and Sherry two,Then, sir, your choice will never do;Therefore I've turn'd, my friend, on youthe tables.