On observing some names of little note recorded in the Biographia Britannica. OH, fond attempt to give a duathless lot To names ignoble, born to be forgot! So when a child, as playful children use, REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, II. So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause, ́: With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So fam'd for his talent in nicely discerning, moi III. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship, he said, will undoubtedly find, That the Nose has had spectacles always in wear,ɗ Which amounts to possession time out of mind. IV. Then holding the spectacles up to the court- As wide as the ridge of the Nose is; in short, V. Again, would your lordship a moment suppose VI. On the whole it appears, and my argument shows With a reasoning, the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them. VII. Then shifting his side, (as a lawyer knows how) VIII. So his lordship decreed with a grave solemn tone, ON THE BURNING OF LORD MANSFIELD'S LIBRARY, TOGETHER WITH HIS MSS., By the mob, in the month of June, 1780. I. So then the Vandals of our isle, II. And MURRAY sighs o'er Pope and Swift, The well-judg'd purchase, and the gift, III. Their pages mangled, burnt, and torn, The loss was his alone; But ages yet to come shall mourn. {' The burning of his own. T ON THE SAME. I. WHEN wit and genius meet their doom In all devouring flame, They tell us of the fate of Rome, And bid us fear the same. II. O'er MURRAY's loss the muses wept, They felt the rude alarm, Yet bless'd the guardian care, that kept His sacred head from harm. III. There Mem'ry, like the bee, that's fed From Flora's balmy store, Had treasur'd up before. The lawless herd, with fury blind, Have done him cruel wrong; The flow'rs are gone-but still we find The honey on his tongue. |