...; Apollo there, with aim so clever, Stretches his leaden bow for ever ; And there without the power to fly, Stands fix'da tip-toe Mercury. The Villa thus completely grac'd, All own that Thrifty has a taste; And Madam's female friends and coufcins, . .With Common-council-men by dozens, •Flock every...

...Here squabby Cupids take their places, With Venus, and the clumsy Graces : Apollo there, with aim so clever, Stretches his leaden bow for ever ; And there,...the pow'r to fly, Stands fix'da tip-toe Mercury.' How long Roubillac laboured in Cheere's leaden Pantheon is uncertain ; but it is with Cheere that tradition...

...Here squabby Cupids take their places, With Venus, and the clumsy Graces : Apollo there, with aim so clever, Stretches his leaden bow for ever ; And there,...without the pow'r to fly, Stands fix'da tip-toe Mercury. As Lloyd wrote this poem 170 years ago, it is presumable that the lady has died ; yet if no confusion...

...Here squabby Cupids take their places, With Venus, and the clumsy Graces: Apollo there, with aim so clever, Stretches his leaden bow for ever; And there, without the pow'r to fly, Stands fix'da tip-toe Mercury.139 As Wesley intuited, however, their uses and implications might sometimes run a little deeper...

...clever, sjtrnches his Iciden bow for etcrj 491 And there, without the pow'r to fly. Stands fix'da tip-tor Mercury, The villa thus completely grac'd, All own,...Thrifty has a tafte; And madam's female friends, and coiUjnj, With common-council men, by dozens, Flock ev'ry Sunday to the feat. To flare about ihcm, and...

...take their places-, With Venus, and the clumfy Graces ; Apollo there, with aim fo clever, Stretehes his leaden bow for ever ; And there, without the pow'r to fly, Stands fix'da tip-toe Mereury. The villa thus completely grac'd^ AH own, that Thrifly has a tafle ; And Madam's female friends...