An inn-keeper in Germany sets forth the accommodations of his house in the following lines, inscribed upon one of its windows:

In questa casa trovarete

Toutes les choses que vous souhaitez;

Vinum bonum, costas, carnes,

Neat post-chaise, and horse and harness.


ANN HATHAWAY.

(PROBABLY NOT SHAKESPEARE’S.)

Would ye be taught, ye feathered throng,

With love’s sweet notes to grace your song,