But had she had Minerva’s mind,
She’d ne’er have given ’t to such a brute.”
The following epigram, by a living Scottish writer, is decidedly pointed and clever, and has the additional merit of being self-explanatory:—
“He was a burglar stout and strong,
Who held ‘It surely can’t be wrong,
To open trunks and rifle shelves,
For “God helps those who help themselves.”’
But when before the court he came,
And boldly rose to plead the same,
The judge replied—‘That’s very true;