“Damon, who plied the undertaker’s trade,
With Doctor Cra’teas an agreement made.
What linens Damon from the dead could seize,
He to the Doctor sent for bandages;
While the good Doctor, here no promise-breaker,
Sent all his patients to the undertaker.”
“Swift kindnesses are best; a long delay
In kindness takes the kindness all away.”
THE LESSON OF THE TOPS.
“An Atarne’an stranger once to Pittacus applied,