“SIBYLLINE ORACLE.
“Uttered by Merlin, some time during the eighth century, in Wales, of which he was a native.
I.
“When the savage is meek and mild,
The frantic mother shall stab her child.
II.
“When the Cock shall woo the Dove,
The mother the child shall cease to love.
III.
“When men, like moles, work under ground,