Would there were many more such wights as he,
To sway each capital academie
Of Cam and Isis; for, alack! at each
There dwells, I wot, some dronish Dominie,
That does no garden work, nor yet doth teach,
But wears a floury head, and talks in flow'ry speech!
[FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY.]
A PATHETIC BALLAD.
Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
And used to war's alarms;