III. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part, Virtue engages his affent, IV. "Tis here the folly of the wife Through all his art we view, And while his tongue the charge denies, ง. Bound on a voyage of great length And dangers little known, A ftranger to superior strength, Man vainly trufts his own.. VI. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the diftant coaft, The breath of heav'n muft fwell the fail, THE REBELLION is my theme all day, (As who knows but perhaps it may) II. Yon roaring boys who rave and fight I always held them in the right, III. When lawlefs mobs infult the court, If breaking windows be the fport: IV. But oh! for him my fancy culls Who conftitutionally pulls Your house about your ears. V. Such V. Such civil broils are my delight,, VI. A rope! I wish we patriots had On obferving fome Names of little Note recorded in the BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA. OH fond attempt to give a deathless lot. They court the notice of a future age, And dark oblivion foon absorbs them all. So So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a ftale laft year's news, The flame extin&, he views the roving fire, There goes my lady, and there goes the fquire, There goes the parfon, oh! illuftrious spark, And there, scarce lefs illustrious, goes the clerk. REPORT Of an adjudged Cafe not to be found in any of the Books. I. BETWEEN Nofe and Eyes a strange conteft arofe, The spectacles fet them unhappily wrong; The point in difpute was, as all the world knows, To which the faid fpectacles ought to belong. II. So the tongue was the lawyer and argued the cause With a great deal of fkill, and a wig full of learn ing, While chief baron Ear fat to balance the laws, So fam'd for his talent in nicely discerning. III. In behalf of the Nofe, it will quickly appear, And your lordship, he said, will undoubtedly find, That the Nose has had fpectacles always in wear, Which amounts to poffeffion time out of mind. IV. Then holding the spectacles up to the court- dle, As wide as the ridge of the Nofe is, in short, V. Again, would your lordship a moment, fuppofe ("Tis a case that has happen'd and may be again) That the vifage or countenance had not a Nose, Pray who wou'd or who cou'd wear spectacles then? VI. On the whole it appears, and my argument fhows With a reasoning the court could never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them. VII. Then |