Ye proud and wealthy, let this theme Teach humbler thoughts to you, Since fuch a reptile has its gem, II. THE JACK DA W. I. THERE is a bird who by his coat, Might be fuppos'd a crow; A great frequenter of the church, And dormitory too. II. Above the steeple shines a plate, From what point blows the weather, Look up your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds-that pleases him, He chooses it the rather. VOL. I. Z Fond III. Fond of the speculative height, Thither he wings his airy flight, And thence fecurely fees 'The bustle and the raree-fhow That occupy mankind below, Secure and at his ease. IV. You think, no doubt, he fits and mufes On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall, No not a fingle thought like that Or troubles it at all. ས. He fees that this great roundabout Church, army, phyfic, law, Its cuftoms and its bufineffes Are no concern at all of his, And fays, what says he? Caw. VI. Thrice happy bird! I too have seen And fick of having feen 'em, And fuch a head between 'em. III. THE CRICKET. I. LITTLE inmate, full of mirth, Chirping on my kitchen hearth; Wherefoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat, With a fong more soft and sweet, In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give. II, Thus thy praise shall be exprest,. Inoffenfive, welcome guest ! While the rat is on the scout, And the mouse with curious fnout, With what vermin else infest Every dish and fpoil the best; Frisking thus before the fire, Thou haft all thine heart's defire. III. Though in voice and shape they be Form'd as if akin to thee, Thou furpaffeft, happier far, Happiest grasshoppers that are, Theirs is but a fummer's fong, IV. Neither IV. Neither night nor dawn of day, Puts a period to thy play, Sing then-and extend thy span Far beyond the date of man- Lives not, aged though he be, Half a span compar'd with thee. IV. THE PARROT. I. IN painted plumes fuperbly dreft, A native of the gorgeous eaft, By many a billow toft; Poll gains at length the British fhore, Part of the captain's precious ftore, A present to his toast. |