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III. THE CRICKET.

TRANSLATION OF THE FOREGOING.

I.

LITTLE inmate, full of mirth,
Chirping on my kitchen hearth,
Wheresoe'er be thine abode,
Always harbinger of good,
Pay me for thy warm retreat
With a song more soft and sweet ·
In return thou shalt receive
Such a strain as I can give.
II.

Thus thy praise shall be express'd,
Inoffensive, welcome guest!
While the rat is on the scout,

And the mouse with curious snout,
With what vermin else infest
Ev'ry dish, and spoil the best ;

Frisking thus before the fire,

Thou hast all thine heart's desire.

III.

Though in voice and shape they ba
Form'd as if akin to thee,
Thou surpassest, happier far,
Happiest grasshoppers that are;
Theirs is but a summer's song.
Thine endures the winter long,
Unimpair'd, and shrill and clear,
Melody throughout the year.

IV.

Neither night, nor dawn of day,
Puts a period to thy play ;

Sing then-and extend thy span

Far beyond the date of man.

Wretched man whose years are spent

In repining discontent,

Lives not, aged though he be,

Half a span compar'd with thee.

SIMILE AGIT IN SIMILE

BY VINCENT BOURNE.

CRISTATUS, pictisque ad Thaida Psittacus alis,
Missus ab Eoo munus amante venit.
Ancillis mandat primam formare loquelam,
Archididascalia dat sibi Thais opus.
Psittace, ait Thais, fingitque sonantia molle
Basia, quæ docilis molle refingit avis.
Jam captat, jam dimidiat tyrunculis; et jam
Integrat auditos articulatque sonos.
Psittace mi pulcher pulchelle, hera dicit alumno ;
Psittace mi pulcher, reddit alunnus here.
Jamque canit, ridet, deciesque ægrotat in hora,
Et vocat ancillas nomine quamque suo.
Multaque scurratur mendax, et multa jocatur,
Et lepido populum detinet augurio.

Nunc tremulum illudet fratrem, qui suspicit, et Pol
Carnalis, quisquis te docet, inquit, homo est ;
Argutæ nunc stridet anus argutulus instar ;
Respicit, et nebulo es, quisquis es, inquit auas,
Quando fuit melior tyro, raeliozve magistra !
Quando duo ingeniis tam eolere pares '
Ardua disconti nulla est, res nulla docent
Ardua; cum deceat femina, discat avis.

IV. THE PARROT.

TEANSLATION OF THE FOREGOING,

I.

IN painted plumes superbly dress'd,
A native of the gorgeous east,
By many a billow toss'd;

Poll gains at length the British shore,
Part of the captain's precious store,
A present to his toast

II.

Belinda's maids are soon preferr'd
To teach him now and then a word,
As Poll can master it;

But 'tis her own important charge,

To qualify him more at large,

And make him quite a wit.

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Sweet Poll! his doating mistress cries, Sweet Poll! the mimick bird replies;

And calls aloud for sack.

She next instructs him in the kiss;

'Tis now a little one, like Miss

And now a hearty smack.

IV.

At first he aims at what he hears;

And list ning close with both his ears,

Just catches at the sound;

But soon articulates aloud,

Much to the amusement of the crowd,

And stuns the neighbours round.

V.

A querulous old woman's voice
His hum'rous talent next employs,

He scolds, and gives the lie.
And now he sings, and now is sick,
Here, Sally, Susan, come, come quick,
Poor Poll is like to die!

VI.

Belinda and her bird! 'tis rare

To meet with such a well-match'd pair,
The language and the tone,

Each character in ev'ry part

Sustain'd with so much grace and art,
And both in unison.

VII.

When children first begin to spell,

And stammer out a syllable,

We think them tedious creatures;

But difficulties soon abate,

When birds are to be taught to prate,
And women are the teachers.

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MERCATOR, vigiles oculos ut fallere possit, Nomine sub ficto trans mare mittit opes; Lene sonat liquidumque meis Euphelia chordis Sed solam exoptant te, mea vota, Chloɛ,

JI.

Ad speculum ornabat nitidos Euphelia crines,
Cum dixit mea lux, heus, cane, sume lyram.
Namque ¡yram juxta positam cum carmine vidit
Suave quidein carmen dulcisonamque lyram

III.

Fila lyra vocemque paro, suspiria surgunt,
Et miscent numeris murmura næsta meis
Dumque tuæ memoro laudes, Euphelia, forme,
Tota anima interea pendet ab ore Chloes

IV.

Sabrubet illa pudore, et contrahit altera frontem
Me torquet mea mens conscia, psallo, tremo ;
Atque Cupidinea, dixit Dea cincta corona,
Heu! fallendi artem quam didicere parum.

THE DIVERTING HISTORY

OF

JOIN GILPIN;

Showing how he went further than he intended, and came safe home again.

JOHN GILPIN was a citizen

Of credit and renown,
A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town.

John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear,
Though wedded we have been

These twice ten tedious years, yet we
No holy-day have seen.

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