The Christ-Cross-Row his ladder to the skies.

Yet, whatsoe'er Geometricians say,

Her lessons were his true PRINCIPIA!


VII.

[THE HOUSEKEEPER.]

The frugal snail, with fore-cast of repose,

Carries his house with him, where'er he goes;

Peeps out—and if there comes a shower of rain,

Retreats to his small domicile amain.