OVERDRAWN COMPLIMENT.

So much, dear Pope, thy English Homer charms,

As pity melts us, or as passion warms,

That after-ages will with wonder seek

Who ’twas translated Homer into Greek.

SUGGESTED BY A GERMAN TOURIST.

Who accompanied Prince Albert into Scotland.

Charmed with the drink which Highlanders compose,

A German traveller exclaimed, with glee,

“Potztausend! sare, if this be Athol Brose,[[20]]