II. The bow well bent and fmart the fpring, Vice seems already slain, But paffion rudely fnaps the ftring, And it revives again. III. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part, Virtue engages his affent, But pleasure wins his heart. IV. 'Tis here the folly of the wife Through all his art we view, And while his tongue the charge denies, His confcience owns it true. V. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A ftranger to fuperior ftrength, VI. But But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast, The breath of heav'n must fwell the fail, Or all the toil is loft. THE MODERN PATRIOT. I. REBELLION is my theme all day, I only wish 'twould come (As who knows but perhaps it may) A little nearer home. II. Yon roaring boys who rave and fight On t'other fide the Atlantic, I always held them in the right, But most fo when most frantic. III. When lawless mobs infult the court, If breaking windows be the fport, IV. But oh! for him my fancy culls The choiceft flow'rs fhe bears, Who conftitutionally pulls Your house about your ears. V. Such civil broils are my delight, Tho' fome folks can't endure 'em, Who say the mob are mad outright, And that a rope must cure 'em. VI. A rope! I wish we patriots had Such ftrings for all who need 'em- What! hang a man for going mad? On obferving fome Names of little Note recorded in the BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA. OH fond attempt to give a deathlefs lot, To names ignoble, born to be forgot! In In vain recorded in hiftoric page, They court the notice of a future age, Those twinkling tiny luftres of the land, Drop one by one from Fame's neglecting hand, So when a child, as playful children use, REPORT Of an adjudged Cafe not to be found in any of the Books. I.. Between Nofe and Eyes a ftrange conteft arofe, The fpectacles fet them unhappily wrong; The point in difpute was, as all the world knows, To which the said spectacles ought to belong. So II. So the tongue was the lawyer and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning, While chief baron Ear fat to balance the laws, So fam'd for his talent in nicely difcerning. III. In behalf of the Nofe, it will quickly appear, IV. Then holding the spectacles up to the court Your lordship obferves they are made with a straddle, As wide as the ridge of the Nofe is, in short, Defign'd to fit close to it, just like a faddle. V. Again, would your lordship a moment, fuppofe Pray who wou'd or who cou'd wear spectacles then? |