A rat fast clinging to the cage, For, aided both by ear and scent, Right to his mark the monster went— Ah, muse! forbear to speak Minute the horrors that ensued; His teeth were strong, the cage was wo He left poor Bully's Dea O had he made that too is pres Might have repaid nim well For silencing so sweet & true Maria weeps the Niue On Tirratiar beme The tree-enciame: Op His head alone remail. 2246 THE ROSE. THE rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower, The plentiful moisture encumber'd the flower, The cup was all fill'd, and the leaves were all wet, To weep for the buds it had left, with regret, I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And such, I exclaim'd, is the pitiless part This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloom'd with its owner a while; And the tear, that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile. THE DOVES. REASONING at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. One silent eve I wander'd late, Our mutual bond of faith and truth While innocence without disguise Shall fill the circles of those eyes, Those ills, that wait on all below, When lightnings flash among the trees, I fear lest thee alone they seize, "Tis then I feel myself a wife, But oh! if,.fickle and unchaste, No need of lightnings from on high, Denied the endearments of thine eye, Thus sang the sweet sequester'd bird, A lesson for mankind. A FABLE. A RAVEN, while with glossy breast Shook the young leaves about her ears, Lest the rude blast should snap And spread her golden hopes below. Can't prophesy themselves at all.) The morning came, when neighbour Hodge, Who long had mark'd her airy lodge, VOL. I. |