Thou mayst of double ignorance boast,

Who knowst not that thou nothing knowst.—Owen, Trans. by Cowper.

TO OUR BED.

In bed we laugh, in bed we cry;

And born in bed, in bed we die:

The near approach the bed may show

Of human bliss to human woe.—Benserade.

LATE REPENTANCE.

Pravus, that aged debauchee,

Proclaimed a vow his sins to quit;