Fear not the menace of the By-and-by;
To-day is ours, tomorrow Fate must give;
Stretch out your hands and eat, although ye die—
Better to die than never once to live.
[Richard Hovey
ON MODERN STATESMEN
Midas, they say, possess’d the art of old,
Of turning whatso’er he touch’d to gold.
This modern statesmen can reverse with ease;
Touch them with gold, they’ll turn to what you please.