To the Memory of Mr. Oldham.

AREWELL, too little and too lately known,
whom I began to think and call my own;

for sure our souls were near allied, and thine cast in the same poetic mould as mine. one common note on either lyre did strike, and knaves and fools we both abhorred alike. to the same goal did both our studies drive: the last set out the soonest did arrive. thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place,

whilst his young friend performed and won the race. o early ripe, to thy abundant store

what could advancing age have added more?
it might (what nature never gives the young)
have taught the numbers of thy native tongue.
but satire needs not those, and wit will shine
through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
a noble error and but seldom made,

when poets are by too much force betrayed.

thy generous fruits, though gathered ere their prime, still showed a quickness; and maturing time

but mellows what we write to the dull sweets of rhyme.
once more hail and farewell; farewell, thou young,
but ah! too short Marcellus of our tongue,

thy brows with ivy and with laurels bound;
but fate and gloomy night encompass thee around.

DRYDEN.

On a Monument.

ARTH goeth on the earth glistening with gold, earth goeth to the earth sooner then it wold; earth buildeth on the earth palaces and towers, earth sayeth to the earth, all shall be ours.'

In Melrose Abbey.

Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus?

EC satis et sero mihi cognite, quemque parabam ducere iam nostrum, iam perhibere, vale. affines animae certe, atque exemplar ad unum ficta tuast Musae pollice, ficta meast; pectine communi lyra tacta ambobus, idemque sontis utrique odiumst, insipientis idem; meta eadem studiis; potitur tamen alter, ut esset serior emissus carcere, calce prior:

sic, postquam cecidit Nisus per lubrica, cursu
confecto iuvenis victor amicus erat.

ingenium praecox! tibi copia tanta, quid aetas
addere plus poterat progrediente fuga?
illa tuae poterat numeros tibi tradere linguae:
natura hos iuveni semper avara negat:
sed satirae nil levor opus, praeclaraque sensus
e male tornato carmine vena nitet.
nobile peccatum raroque parabile, vates
vi nimia quotiens proditur ipse sua.

ante diem egregii fructus cecidere, sed isdem
contigerat velox iam sapor ante diem.
maturante licet fiat quod scribimus aevo
dulcius, at suci vividioris eget.

rursus have rursumque vale, sermonis aviti qui Marcellus eras, sed breve tempus eras, nunc hederae laurique coma tua tempora vinctus; Parca sed et circum nox volat atra caput.

Μωρία Γης.

H. A. J. M

Γῆς μὲν ἔπι στείχει χρυσῷ γῆ παμφανόωσα, πρὸς δέ τε γῆν κιάθει γῆ πάρος ἢ φίλον ἦν. γῆς δ' ἔπι καὶ πυργοὺς καὶ δώματα γῆ πεπόλισται, εἶπε δὲ γῆ πρὸς γῆν πάντα τάδ' ἄμ' ἔσεται.

J. R.

K

Esquire.

Robert Shallow, Esquire.

Shallow.

IR Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Starchamber matter of it: if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow,

Sl. In the county of Gloster, justice of peace, and coram. Sh. Ay, cousin Slender, and Custalorum.

Sl. Ay, and ratolorum too; and a gentleman born, master parson; who writes himself armigero; in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, armigero.

Sh. Ay, that we do; and have done any time these three hundred years.

Sl. All his successors, gone before him, have done't; and all his ancestors, that come after him, may: they may give the dozen white luces in their coat.

Sh. It is an old coat.

Ev. The dozen white louses do become an old coat well; it agrees well, passant: it is a familiar beast to man, and signifies-love.

SHAKESPEARE.

The red, red Roses.

OSES at first were white,
till they could not agree
whether my Sappho's breast
or they more white shall be.
but being vanquished quite

a blush their cheeks bespread,
since which, believe the rest,
roses first came red.

HERRICK.

Catus quantumvis Rusticus.

Κ. Μὴ πεῖθέ μ', ὦ τάν· ἡ ἐξ ̓Αρείου γὰρ πάγου βουλὴ τάχ ̓ εἴσεται τάδ'· οὐ καταπροίξεται μὰ τὸν Δί', οὐδ ̓ εἰ προσγένοιντο μυρίοι ἕτεροι τοιοῦτοι Κομπολογχίδαι, Κίνον πλυνὸν ποιήσας ἐμὲ τὸν ἀσπιδηστρόφον. Λ. καὶ πρός γε δικαστὴν δριμὺν ἐν Λαμπτρεῦσί τε νόμων φύλακα. Κ. καὶ σανιδοφύλακ ̓, ὦ Λεπτίνη. Λ. ναὶ σανιδοφύλακά γ', εὐγενῆ κἀξ εὐγενῶν

αὐτόχθον, ἱερεῦ· τὸν τελοῦντ ̓ εἰς ὁπλοφόρους, τόν, εἴτε πρόκλησιν εἴτε πρόσκλησίν τινα εἴτ ̓ ἄφεσιν εἴτ ̓ ἀπαλλαγὴν σημαίνεται, σημαινόμενον τάδ' ὁπλοφόρων ὄντ ̓ ἐν τέλει. Κ. σύμφημ ̓· ἐπεί τοι καὶ τριακόσι ̓ ἄττ ̓ ἔτη

τελοῦμεν ἡμεῖς. Λ. οἱ προϊόντες μὲν ἐτέλουν
ἁπαξάπαντες ἐπίγονοι προγόνοις δ ̓ ἄρ ̓ οὐκ
ἔξεστι τοῖς ἐπιοῦσιν ; ἐξὸν γοῦν τριχῶν
πλοκάμους ἀναδεῖσθαι φθειρσὶ λευκοῖς δώδεκα.
Κ. ὡς κρωβύλον παλαιὸν οὐκ αἰσχύνομαι.
Ι. φθεῖρες παλαιαῖς θριξὶ λευκοὶ δώδεκα

πρέπουσιν· ἑρπόντων γε συμπρεπέστερον
οὐδέν· σύνηθες γὰρ βροτοῖς τὸ θηρίον,
κἀντεῦθεν ὄνομα τὸ φθαρείης ἐγένετο.

RAESTABANT candore rosae; lis inde movetur
collane sint Glycerae candidiora meae.
floribus omnino victis pudor illinit ora:

ex illoque rosae tempore, crede, rubent.

G. H. H.

The Sleeping Beauty.

INDS, whisper gently while she sleeps, and fan her with your cooling wings, while she her drops of beauty weeps from pure and yet unrivalled springs. glide over beauty's field, her face,

to kiss her brow and cheek be bold, but with a calm and stealing pace,

neither too rude nor yet too cold.
play in her beams, and crisp her hair,
with such a gale as wings soft love;
and with so sweet, so rich an air,

as breathes from the Arabian grove:
a breath as hushed as lover's sigh,
or that unfolds the morning's door;
sweet as the winds that gently fly

to sweep the spring's enamelled floor.

COTTON.

His Heart's his Mouth.

HIS man has marred his fortune.

M. His nature is too noble for the world:

he would not flatter Neptune for his trident,

or Jove for his power to thunder. his heart's his mouth : what his breast forges that his tongue must vent; and being angry, does forget that ever

he heard the name of death.

SHAKESPEARE,

Grace before Meat.

OME hae meat and canna eat,

and some wad eat that want it;

but we hae meat and we can eat,

and sae the Lord be thanket.

BURNS.