Bishop Hatto fearfully hastened away

And he crost the Rhine without delay,

And reach'd his Tower in the Island and barr'd

All the gates secure and hard.

He laid him down and closed his eyes→→
But soon a scream made him arise,

He started, and saw two eyes of flame
On his pillow from whence the screaming came.

He listen'd and look'd ;-it was only the Cat;
But the Bishop he grew more fearful for that,
For she sate screaming, mad with fear
At the Army of Rats that were drawing near.

For they have swum over the river so deep,
And they have climb'd the shores so steep,
And now by thousands up they crawl
To the holes and the windows in the wall.

Down on his knees the Bishop fell,

And faster and faster his beads did he tell,
As louder and louder drawing near

The saw of their teeth without he could hear.

And in at the windows and in at the door,
And through the walls by thousands they pour,
And down from the ceiling and up thro' the floor,
From the right and the left, from behind and before,
From within and without, from above and below
And all at once to the Bishop they go.

They have whetted their teeth against the stones,
And now they pick the Bishop's bones,

They gnawed the flesh from every limb
For they were sent to do judgment on him!

R. S. Y.

ODE

To a PIG, while his Nose was being bored.

Hark! hark! that Pig-that Pig! the hideous note, More loud, more dissonant, each moment growsWould one not think the knife was in his throat? And yet they are only boring thro' his nose.

You foolish beast, so rudely to withstand
Your master's will, to feel such idle fears 1
Why, Pig, there's not a Lady in the land
Who has not also bor'd and ring'd her ears.

Pig! 'tis your master's pleasure-then be still,
And hold your nose to let the iron thro'!
Dare you resist your lawful Sovereign's will?
Rebellious Swine! you know not what you do!

To man o'er every beast the power was given,
Pig, hear the truth, and never murmur more!
Would you rebel against the will of Heaven?

You impious beast, be still, and let them bore!

The social Pig resigns his natural rights
When first with man he covenants to live e;
He barters them for safer stye delights,

For grains and wash, which man alone can give.

Sure is provision on the social plan,

Secure the comforts that to each belong: Oh, happy Swine! the impartial sway of man Alike protects the weak Pig and the strong.

And you resist! you struggle now because
Your master has thought fit to bore your nose?
You grunt in flat rebellion to the laws
Society finds needful to impose!

Go to the forest, Piggy, and deplore
The miserable lot of savage swine!

See how the young Pigs fly from the great Boar,
And see how coarse and scantily they dine!

Behold their hourly danger, when who will May hunt or snare or seize them for his food! Oh, happy Pig! whom none presumes to kill

Till your protecting master thinks it good!

And when, at last, the closing hour of life
Arrives (for Pigs must die as well as Man),
When in your throat you feel the long sharp knife,
And the blood trickles to the pudding pan;

And, when at last, the death wound yawning wide,
Fainter and fainter grows the expiring cry,
Is there no grateful joy, no loyal pride,

To think that for your master's good you die?

THEODERIT.