"Our former priest, my lord," he said, Each Sunday the year round,

"Some GREEK, in his discourses read, "And charming was the found!

"Not fuch our present parson's phrafe ; "NO GREEK does he apply;

"But fays in English all he says, "As you might speak, or I.

"And yet for this fo fimple ftyle,

"He claims each tithe and due;

"Pig, pippins, poultry, all the while, "And Eafter-offerings too!"

"You're skill'd in languages, I guess,"

Th' amaz'd diocefan cry'd;

"I know no language more or lefs,” The furly clown reply'd:

"But GREEK, I've heard the learned fay,

"Surpaffes all the reft;

"And fince 'tis for the best we pay, "We ought to have the best !"

ANOTHER.

SUAVITER UT NUNC EST.

BENEATH the fun's meridian ray,

Along the rivulet's brim, The playful infects of a day, In bufy myriads skim:

Being, begun with morning's light,
With evening's shade will close ;

So brief, fo limited, is their flight;
Yet all pure joy it shows.

What better to their little kind,

Could partial Nature give,

Than pastime on their spot to find;

And while life lafts-to live?

ANOTHER.

SUAVITER UT NUNC EST.

OUR fashionable belles and beaus,

With all their fight entire,

Stick up a glass before their nose;
And each becomes a Spyer.

Hail times! Hail ton! Hail tafte refin'd!
Which makes ev'n failings please!

And finds a joy in being blind-
To every thing one fees!

ANOTHER.

SUAVITER UT NUNC EST.

To fave your bones, and yet indulge your wit,

Obferve two univerfal rules!

Laugh at the popular Follies, till you split;
But never quarrel with the Fools!

ANOTHER.

SUAVITER UT NUNC EST.

OUR grumbling politicians cry,

Old ENGLAND's bafis ftands awry ;

Mend this, they fay; mend that; mend t'other! Spare, fpare, good people, your concern;

Let THIS OLD ENGLAND serve your turn ;-
Till you can fhow us SUCH ANOTHER!

ANOTHER.

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SEE! where unhous'd, at eafe reclin'd,

The ftrolling beggar lies!

Sleep, the great leveller of mankind,

Treads lightly o'er his eyes!

While haughty hearts, and crafty heads,

In watchful agony live,

While pride fighs on embroider'd beds,

For what no pride can give,—

Perhaps wealth, pleasures, conquests, crowns,

Engage his prefent hour ;

An hour, which real feelings drowns

T' invigorate fancy's power!

Thus, all distinctions life can make,

An equal balance keep;

Some are the dreams- of men awake!
And fome-of men asleep!

ANOTHER.

SUAVITER UT NUNC EST.

BRITAIN has known, in many a well-fought day,

Her UNION FLAG to victory lead the way.
Yet never did that UNION FLAG avow

A more expreffive Type of Her, than now!
Now-when her universal ardour proves

Her QUEEN, the woman fhe reveres-her KING, the man fhe loves.

Oh! long! long! facred, may that Banner ftand!
Glory, at once, and Emblem of her Land!
Still may fhe boaft- and ftill the Nations fee-
Freedom fo loyal! Loyalty fo free!-