Carpens senectæ leniter otia, et Et studio invigilans diserto, Molliter in thalamos sepulcri Descendit illic sub tenero, precor, Artus quiescant cespite, et e sacra Calthæque nascentes favilla Et violæ tumulum coronent. At tu, benigno si vel adhuc memor Terrena vultu respicis, O! senex Illustris, arridere nostræ Ne renuas operi camenæ. Hatton. C. WORDSWORTH. CLXXI. ODE TO PEACE BY W. COWPER ESQ. Come, peace of mind, delightful guest! Once more in this sad heart: Where wilt thou dwell, if not with me, And pleasure's fatal wiles? For whom, alas! dost thou prepare The sweets, that I was wont to share, The banquet of thy smiles? The great, the gay, shall they partake For thee I panted, thee I priz'd, Whate'er I lov'd before, And shall I see thee start away, And helpless, hopeless, hear thee say"Farewell! we meet no more?" CLXXII. THE SOLDIER'S ADIEU, BY MR DIBDIN. 1. Adieu, adieu, my only life, My honour calls me from thee, Thy fervent orisons are flown, The tender pray'r Thou putt'st up there, Shall call a guardian angel down, To watch me in the battle. 2. My safety thy fair truth shall be, As sword and buckler serving, My life shall be more dear to me, Assur'd when on the wings of Love, Thy fervent orisons are flown, Thou putt'st up there, Shall call a guardian angel down, 3. Enough, with that benignant smile, When on the wings of thy dear Love Thy fervent orisons are flown, The tender pray'r Thou putt'st up there, Shall call a guardian angel down, CLXXIII. RIDDLES, CHARADES, &c. 1. A word that's composed of three letters alone, 'Tis backwards and forwards the same; Though it speaks not a word, makes its sentiments known, 2. EYE. I will exert my first in praise of my second, if the duke of Northumberland would give me my whole. 3. My first in great cities is frequently sold, Drest sometimes in silver and sometimes in gold: The lord of wild beasts and the terror of men, My whole is a thing you'll call somewhat uncommon, 4. The highest gift of God to man, When nature's noblest Work we scan, From what we often part with sorrow, And what we sometimes are constrained to borrow, A lover's pledge, a poet's song, What art makes short, and nature long, What a kind asylum gives To hundreds of poor fugitives. 5. There is a well known word in the English language, the two first letters of which signify a male, the three first a female, the four first a great man, and the whole a great woman. 6. [Heroine.] A Lady asked a Gentleman how old she was? to which he replied "What you do in every thing." 7. Excel [XL.] There is a well known word in the English language, which by adding a syllable to, you will make it shorter. 8. [Short.] A Word of three Syllables -My first addresses another, my second speaks of myself, and my third of company: my whole is the harbinger of hot weather. 9. Form'd long ago, yet made to day, 10. [Sirius.] [Bed.] I'm not what I was, but quite the reverse, 11. [Old Maid.] What word is that in the English language of one syllable, which, by taking away the two first letters, becomes a word of two syllables? 12. [Plague.] 62 regiments beat 93, then comes the king with 84000 men and 75 women. 10 regiments. ace=1000. knaves men. queens women. and so on through the pack. 13. If in doing my first, you take too much of my second, you may need my whole. 14. Why is the letter T like an island? Because it is in the middle of water. 15. Why is a dream like childhood? Because it is in-fancy. 16. A farmer asked a barber what is the difference between your trade and mine,' to which he replied in a word: Utility. |