And, if such apologue hath need
Of platitude to prove it true,
Then for a moral take and read

The oldest that was ever new:
That Truth hath ample time to wait,
That Patience fears no shameful shroud,
That Honour scorns the shears of Fate,
And trusts the lining of the cloud.

THE END.

J. OGDEN AND CO., PRINTERS, 172, ST. JOHN STREET, B.C.