One child I leave to solace and uphold Euphron hereafter, when infirm and old. And one, for his remembrance sake, I bear To Pluto's realm, till he shall join me there. ON THE REED. I WAS of late a barren plant, Nor fig, nor grape, nor apple bore, And plunged into a sable juice, TO HEALTH. ELDEST born of powers divine! To enjoy what thou canst give, Where no spy infests the place; Or in aught that heaven bestows When the wearied heart despairs Owe, themselves, their youth to thee, ON INVALIDS. FAR happier are the dead, methinks, than they Who look for death, and fear it every day. ON THE ASTROLOGERS. THE astrologers did all alike presage ON AN OLD WOMAN. MYCILLA dyes her locks, 'tis said; But 'tis a foul aspersion; She buys them black; they therefore need ON FLATTERERS. No mischief worthier of our fear Than friendship, in ostent sincere,. For lull'd into a dangerous dream We close infold a foe, Who strikes, when most secure we seem, The inevitable blow. ON A TRUE FRIEND. HAST thou a friend? Thou hast indeed A rich and large supply, Treasure to serve your every need, Well managed, till you die. ON THE SWALLOW. ATTIC maid! with honey fed, Bear'st thou to thy callow brood Ye have kindred voices clear, Ah, for pity drop the prize; Let it not with truth be said, That a songster gasps and dies, That a songster may be fed. ON LATE ACQUIRED WEALTH. POOR in my youth, and in life's later scenes Rich to no end, I curse my natal hour, Who nought enjoy'd while young, denied the means; And nought when old enjoy'd, denied the power. ON A BATH, BY PLATO. DID Cytherea to the skies From this pellucid lymph arise? Or was it Cytherea's touch, When bathing here, that made it such? ON A FOWLER, BY ISIODORUS. WITH seeds and birdlime, from the desert air, ON NIOBE. CHARON! receive a family on board By me too proudly spoken, slew us all. ON A GOOD MAN. TRAVELLER, regret not me; for thou shalt find Touch'd with disease, or torn by death away. ON A MISER. THEY call thee rich;-I deem thee poor, Since, if thou darest not use thy store, But savest it only for thine heirs, ANOTHER. A MISER, traversing his house, |