Carpens senectæ leniter otia, et
Vices, remoto ruris in angulo,‡
Expertus annorum serenas,

Et studio invigilans diserto,
Tandem recessu cessit amabili;
Purique ritu fluminis, in mare
Cum pace delabentis, altos

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!
Return, and make thy downy nest

Once more in this sad heart:
Nor riches I, nor pow'r pursue,
Nor hold forbidden joys in view,
We therefore need not part.

Where wilt thou dwell, if not with me,
From av'rice and ambition free,

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
The heav'n, that thou alone canst make,
And wilt thou quit the stream,
That murmurs though the dewy mead,
The grove, and the sequester'd shed,
To be a guest with them?

For thee I panted, thee I priz'd,
For thee I gladly sacrific'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,
Remember thou'rt a Soldier's wife,
Those tears but ill become thee.
What tho' by duty I am call'd,
Where thund'ring cannons rattle,
Where valour's self might stand appall❜d,
When on the wings of thy dear love,
To heaven above

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,
Because of thy preserving:
Let peril come, let horror threat,
Let thund'ring cannons rattle,
I fearless seek the conflict's heat,

Assur'd when on the wings of Love,
To heav'n above

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.

3.

Enough, with that benignant smile,
With which some God inspir'd thee,
(Who saw thy bosom void of guile,
Who wonder'd, and admir'd thee)
I go, assur'd (my life, adieu !),
Tho' thund'ring cannons rattle,
Tho' murd'ring carnage stalk in view,

When on the wings of thy dear Love
To heav'n above,

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.

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,
And to beauty lays principal claim.

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:
My second is found in a desert or den,

The lord of wild beasts and the terror of men,

My whole is a thing you'll call somewhat uncommon,
For 'tis something between a man and a woman.

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,
I'm most enjoy'd, while others sleep;
What few would wish to give away,
And fewer still would wish to keep.

10.

[Sirius.]

[Bed.]

I'm not what I was, but quite the reverse,
I am what I was, which is very perverse;
From morning till night I do nothing but fret,
Because I am not what I never was yet.

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.