But Nature works in every breast And Dick felt some desires, A The open'd windows seem'd to' invite And Dick, although his way was clear, So settling on his cage, by play, Nor would he quit that chosen stand ye, who never taste the joys THE LILY AND THE ROSE. THE nymph must lose her female friend, Within the garden's peaceful scene The Rose soon redden'd into rage, The Lily's height bespoke command, This civil bickering and debate Yours is, she said, the nobler hue, Thus, sooth'd and reconciled, each seeks The seat of empire is her cheeks, They reign united there. ON A GOLDFINCH, STARVED TO DEATH IN HIS CAGE. TIME was when I was free as air, But gaudy plumage, sprightly strain, For caught, and caged, and starved to death, Soon pass'd the wiry grate. Thanks, gentle swain, for all my woes, And thanks for this effectual close And cure of every ill! More cruelty could none express; THE MODERN PATRIOT. REBELLION is my theme all day; (As who knows but perhaps it may ?) Yon roaring boys, who rave and fight When lawless mobs insult the court, But O! for him my fancy culls Who constitutionally pulls Your house about your ears. Such civil broils are my delight, Though some folks can't endure them, Who say the mob are mad outright, And that a rope must cure them. A rope! I wish we Patriots had Such strings for all who need themWhat! hang a man for going mad? Then farewell British freedom. REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS. 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. So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning; While chief Baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. 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. 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, Design'd to sit close to it, just like a saddle. 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? VOL. II. X |