[Three things must epigrams, like bees, have all,—
A sting, and honey, and a body small.]
MIDAS AND MODERN STATESMEN.
Midas, they say, possessed the art, of old,
Of turning whatsoe’er he touched to gold.
This, modern statesmen can reverse with case;
Touch them with gold, they’ll turn to what you please.
INSCRIBED ON A STATUE TO SLEEP.
Somne levis, quanquam certissima mortis imago,
Consortem cupio te tamen esse tori,