Probatur Aliter

A long-ear'd beast, and a field-house for cattle,     Among the coals doth often rattle.[1]     A long-ear'd beast, a bird that prates,     The bridegrooms' first gift to their mates,     Is by all pious Christians thought,     In clergymen the greatest fault.[2]     A long-ear'd beast, and woman of Endor,     If your wife be a scold, that will mend her.[3]     With a long-ear'd beast, and medicine's use,     Cooks make their fowl look tight and spruce.[4]     A long-ear'd beast, and holy fable,     Strengthens the shoes of half the rabble.[5]     A long-ear'd beast, and Rhenish wine,     Lies in the lap of ladies fine.[6]     A long-ear'd beast, and Flanders College,     Is Dr. T -    - l, to my knowledge.[7]     A long-ear'd beast, and building knight,     Censorious people do in spite.[8]     A long-ear'd beast, and bird of night,     We sinners art too apt to slight.[9]     A long-ear'd beast, and shameful vermin,     A judge will eat, though clad in ermine.[10]     A long-ear'd beast, and Irish cart,     Can leave a mark, and give a smart.[11]     A long-ear'd beast, in mud to lie,     No bird in air so swift can fly.[12]     A long-ear'd beast, and a sputt'ring old Whig,     I wish he were in it, and dancing a jig.[13]     A long-ear'd beast, and liquor to write,     Is a damnable smell both morning and night.[14]     A long-ear'd beast, and the child of a sheep,     At Whist they will make a desperate sweep.[15]     A beast long-ear'd, and till midnight you stay,     Will cover a house much better than clay.[16]     A long-ear'd beast, and the drink you love best,     You call him a sloven in earnest for jest.[17]     A long-ear'd beast, and the sixteenth letter,     I'd not look at all unless I look'd better.[18]     A long-ear'd beast give me, and eggs unsound,     Or else I will not ride one inch of ground.[19]     A long-ear'd beast, another name for jeer,     To ladies' skins there nothing comes so near.[20]     A long-ear'd beast, and kind noise of a cat,     Is useful in journeys, take notice of that.[21]     A long-ear'd beast, and what seasons your beef,     On such an occasion the law gives relief.[22]     A long-ear'd beast, a thing that force must drive in,     Bears up his house, that's of his own contriving.[23]