His all depending on a single rope.
“Say, brother,” cried the one, “pray where were you
Had yonder gallows been allowed its due?”
“Where?” cried the other, in sarcastic tone,
“Why, where but riding into town alone.”
A REFLECTION.
Says the Earth to the Moon “You’re a pilfering jade;
What you steal from the Sun is beyond all belief.”
Fair Cynthia replies, “Madam Earth, hold your prate;
The receiver is always as bad as the thief.”