“Thou fool!” said one, “We lawyers, though so keen,
Like shears, ne’er cut ourselves, but what’s between.”
The following was written by Southey on Queen Elizabeth’s dining on board Sir Francis Drake’s ship, on his return from circumnavigating the globe:—
Oh, Nature! to old England still
Continue these mistakes;
Give us for all our Kings such Queens,
And for our Dux such Drakes.
INVISIBLE.
I cannot praise your parson’s eyes;
I never see his eyes divine,