In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship, he said, will undoubtedly find, Then holding the spectacles up to the court- Again, would your lordship a moment suppose On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, Then shifting his side (as a lawyer knows how), For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed with a grave solemn tone, ON THE BURNING OF LORD MANSFIELD'S LIBRARY, TOGETHER WITH HIS MSS. by the mob, in the month of June, 1780. So then the Vandals of our isle, Have burnt to dust a nobler pile And MURRAY sighs o'er Pope and Swift, And many a treasure more, The well-judg'd purchase, and the gift, Their pages mangled, burnt and torn, But ages yet to come shall mourn. ON THE SAME. When wit and genius meet their doom O'er MURRAY'S loss the Muses wept, Yet bless'd the guardian care that kept There Mem'ry, like the bee, that's fed! The quintessence of all he read The lawless herd, with fury blind, Have done him cruel wrong; The flow'rs are gone-but still we find The honey on his tongue THE LOVE OF THE WORLD REPROVED OR HYPOCRISY DETECTED *. Thus says the prophet of the Turk, May taste, whate'er his inclination, On pain of excommunication. * It may be proper to inform the reader, that this piece has already appeared in print, having found its way, though with some unnecessary additions by an unknown hand, into the Leed's Journal, without the author's privity. Such Mahomet's mysterious charge, He meant not to forbid the head; Thus, conscience freed from ev'ry clog, You laugh-'tis well-The tale applied May make you laugh on t'other side. Renounce the world-the preacher cries. We do a multitude replies. While one as innocent regards A snug and friendly game at cards; And others shooting, and the chace. With sophistry their sauce they sweeten, Till quite from tail to snout 'tis eaten. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. (now LADY) THROCKMORTON'S BULFINCH. Ye nymphs! if e'er your eyes were red Her fav'rite, even in his cage, Where Rhenus strays his vines among, The honors of his ebon poll Were brighter than the sleekest mole; With which Aurora decks the skies, Above, below, in all the house, Well-lattic'd-but the grate, alas! Cut smooth with wands from Ouse's side, Night veil'd the pole, all seem'd secure : A beast forth sallied on the scout, Long-back'd, long tail'd, with whisker'd snout, And badger-color'd hide. He, ent'ring at the study door, And something in the wind Just then, by adverse fate impress'd, For, aided both by ear and scent, His teeth were strong, the cage was wood- O had he made that too his prey; Might have repaid him well, I wote Maria weeps-the Muses mourn- THE ROSE. The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a show'r, Which Mary to Anna convey'd, The plentiful moisture encumber'd the flow'r, And weigh'd down its beautiful head. The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, And it seem'd to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, I hastily seiz'd it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner a while; And the tear, that is wip'd with a little address, May he follow'd perhaps by a smile. |