A JEU D'ESPRIT.
Addressed to Miss C—— a little, short lady.
Satis parva res est. Amphitrion, Act 2, Sce. 2.
When any thing abounds, we find
That nobody will have it,
But when there's little of the kind,
Don't all the people crave it?
If wives are evils, as 'tis known
And woefully confess'd
The man who's wise will surely own
A little one is best.[I]
The god of love's a little wight,
But beautiful as thought;
Thou too art little, fair as light,
And every thing—in short![J]
O, happy girl! I think thee so,
For mark the poets'[K] song—
"Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long!"