ODE TO PEACE. I. COME, peace of mind, delightful guest! Where wilt thou dwell, if not with me, And pleasure's fatal wiles? For whom, alas! dost thou prepare III. The great, the gay, shall they partake That murmurs through the dewy mead, For thee I panted, thee I priz❜d, Whate'er I lov'd before; And shall I see thee start away, And helpless, hopeless, hear thee say→→→→ Farewell! we meet no more? The bow well bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. 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 superiour strength, Man vainly trusts his own. 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. 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, But most so when most frantick. When lawless mobs insult the court, But O! for him my fancy culls Who constitutionally pulls V. Such civil broils are my delight, Though some folks can't endure them, Who say the mob are mad outright, A rope! I wish we patriots had Such strings for all who need 'emWhat! hang a man for going mad! Then farewell British freedom. ON OBSERVING SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE RECORDED IN THE BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA. OH, 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, II. So Tongue was the lawyer, and argu'd the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learn ing; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, III. 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) |