ODE TO PEACE. I. COME, peace of mind, delightful guest! II. Where wilt thou dwell, if not with me, From avarice and ambition free, And pleasure's fatal wiles? For whom, alas! dost thou prepare III. The great, the gay, shall they partake IV. For thee I panted, thee I prized, Whate'er I loved before; HUMAN FRAILTY. I. WEAK and irresolute is man; Woven with pains into his plan, II. The bow well bent, and smart the spring, But Passion rudely snaps the string, III. Some foe to his upright intent Virtue engages his assent, But Pleasure wins his heart. IV. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. V. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, But oars alone can ne'er prevail, To reach the distant coast; The breath of heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. THE MODERN PATRIOT. I. REBELLION is my theme all day; (As who knows but perhaps it may ?) II. Yon roaring boys, who rave and fight I always held them in the right, III. When lawless mobs insult the court, If breaking windows be the sport, IV. But O! for him my fancy culls Who constitutionally pulls Your house about your ears. Such civil broils are my delight, Though some folks can't endure them, Who say the mob are mad outright, VI. A rope! I wish we patriots had ON OBSERVING SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE RECORDED IN THE BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA. OH, fond attempt to give a deathless lot I REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS. I. BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, II. So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause. With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learn ing; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, In behalf of the Nose, it will quickly appear, And your lordship, he said, will undoubtedly find, That the Nose has had spectacles always in wear, Which amounts to possession time out of mind. IV. Then holding the spectacles up to the courtYour lordship observes they are made with a straddle, As wide as the ridge of the Nose is; in short, V. Again, would your lordship a moment suppose ('Tis a case that has happen'd,and may be again) That the visage or countenance had not a Nose, Pray who would, or who could, wear spectacles then? |