A companion with news; a great want of shoes;
Eat lean meat or choose; a church without pews;
Our horses away; no straw, oats, or hay;
December in May; our boys run away; all servants at play!
Jonathan Swift, 1667–1728.
XXIV.
Wind and Cloud
A STORM IN AUTUMN.
FROM THE LATIN OF VIRGIL.
Why should I mark each storm and starry sign,
When milder suns in autumn swift decline?