98 Savage! The Emmet. he would soon divest Of its rosy plumes thy breast; Then, with solitary joy, Eat thee, bones and all, my boy. LANGHORNE. THE EMMET. THESE emmets how little they are in our eyes! We tread them to dust, and a troop of them dies Without our regard or concern: Yet, as wise as we are, if we went to their school, They don't wear their time out in sleeping or play, But gather up corn in a sunshiny day, And for winter they lay up their stores : They manage their work in such regular forms, One would think they foresaw all the frosts and the storms, And so brought their food within doors. WATTS. The Approach of Winter.-The Lark. 99 THE APPROACH OF WINTER. THE sun far northward bends his annual way, No bird to bird repeats his tuneful call; Save the dark leaves of some rude evergreen, Save the lone redbreast on the moss-grown wall. SCOTT. THE LARK. ! SEE how the lark, the bird of day, K 2 WHITEHEAD. 100 Sunshine after a Shower. SUNSHINE AFTER A SHOWER. EVER after summer shower, When the bright sun's returning power WARTON. Epitaph on a Lap-Dog.-Arabia. EPITAPH ON A LAP-DOG. I NEVER bark'd when out of season; I never bit without a reason; I ne'er insulted weaker brother: Nor wrong'd by force nor fraud another: 101 ARABIA. BLACKLOCK. O'ER Arabia's desert sands The patient camel walks, On her cool and shady hills The fragrant myrrh and healing balm Perfume the passing gale; Thick hung with dates the spreading palm O'er-tow'rs the peopled vale. And often o'er the level waste Down falls the swain with trembling haste, Pitch their tents and wander free, Wealthy cities they disdain,' Poor-yet blest with liberty. CHEERFULNESS. ORIGINAL. The honest heart, whose thoughts are clear Nor court her fickle smile. The greatness that would make us grave Is but an empty thing; What more than mirth would mortals have? The cheerful man's a king! BICKERSTAFF. |