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;