Are tedious in their lifeless lays.
[VI.] THE TWO BALD MEN.
As on his way a Bald-pate went,
He found a comb by accident;
Another, with a head as bare,
Pursued, and hollow’d for a share.
The first produced the prize, and cried,
“Good Providence was on our side;
But by the strange caprice of Fate,
We’re to no purpose fortunate;