ON OBSERVING SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE RECORD ED IN THE BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA. OH, fond attempt to give a deathless lot So when a child, as playful children use, REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN 1. 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. III. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, IV. Then holding the spectacles up to the court- Design'd to sit close to it, just like a saddle. 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,) But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. VIII. So his lordship decreed, with a grave solemn tone, By daylight or candlelight-Eyes should be shut! 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, III. Their pages mangled, burnt, and torn, The loss was his alone; But ages yet to come shall mourn The burning of his own. 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, 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, The quintessence of all he read Had treasur'd up before. IV. The lawless herd, with fury blind, The flow'rs are gone-but still we find |