74
MEMOIRS
OF
1740,
when
Tisdal
witnesses
the
Dean ' s
last
will.
The
coarse
epigram
attached
to
the
following
frag
ment
of
one
of
Swift ' s
letters,
(never
before
publish
ed,)
shews
that
their
correspondence
was
not
uni
formly
of
the
most
friendly
nature.
Dear
Sir,
You
desired
me
to
finish
some
lines
you
wrote
at
Dunshaglin
:
.
How
can
I
finish
what
you
have
begun
?
Can
fire
to
ripen
fruit
assist
the
sun
?
Should
Raphael
draw
a
virgin ' s
blooming
face,
Exert
his
skill
to
give
it
every
grace,
And
leave
the
rest
to
some
Dutch
heavy
drone
;
Would
you
not
rather
see
that
face
alone
?
Or
should
Praxiteles
the
marble
take,
A
Venus '
head
and
neck
and
shoulders
make,
And
some
rude
hand
attempt
the
rest
from
thence,
Would
you
not
think
him
void
of
common
sense
?
These
hints
I
hope
will
move
you
to
excuse
The
first
refusal
of
-my
humble
muse.
The
task
I
must
decline,
and
think
it
just
Your
piece
continue
as
it
is,
a
Bust.
Since
want
show,
A
golden
charm
....
below.
[[Four
lines
in
the
original
are
here
erased,
and
the
words
here
interlined,
only
could
be
made
out.
3
Being
in
a
vein
of
writing
epigrams,
I
send
you
the
following
piece
upon
Tisdal,
which
I
intend
to
send
to
all
his
acquaintance
;
for
he
goes
from
house
to
house
to
shew
his
wit
upon
me,
for
which
