HUMAN FRAILTY. I. WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 11. The bow well bent, and smart the spring, III. Some foe to his upright intent 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 VI. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast, The breath of heav'n 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 ?) A little nearer home. II. Yon roaring boys, who rave and fight I always held them in the right, But most so when most frantic. III. When lawless mobs insult the court, Such civil broils are my delight; Tho' some folks can't endure 'em, Who say the mob are mad outright, And that a rope must cure 'em. VI. A rope! I wish we patriots had Such strings for all who need 'em.... What! hang a man for going mad? Then farewell British freedom. ON OBSERVING SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE RECORDED IN THE BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA. Он, fond attempt to give a deathless lot So when a child, as playful children use, REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS. I. BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose.... The spectacles set them unhappily wrong; The point in dispute was, as all the world knows, To which the said spectacles ought to belong. II. So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause III. In behalf of the Nose, it will quickly appear, IV. Then holding the spectacles up to the court.... Your 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? VI. On the whole, it appears....and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them. |