And ‘Whip the top that’s nearest you!’ was still their constant call.
He, by this boyish lesson taught, resigned the high-born dame,
And wed the maiden ‘nearest him.’ Go thou and do the same.”
ENVY.
“Poor Diophon of envy died,
His brother thief to see
Nailed near him, to be crucified,
Upon a higher tree.”
THE FLEAS OUTWITTED.
“A countryman once who was troubled with fleas,