No state is free) puzzles the will,

And makes us rather bear these ills we have

Than fly to others that we know not of.

The Mirror, April 5, 1823.

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A Fisherman’s Soliloquy.

To sniggle or to dibble, that’s the question!

Whether to bait a hook with worm or bumble,

Or to take up arms of any sea, some trouble

To fish, and then home send them. To fly, to whip—