Divide and rule—strong words, indeed,
But better still—unite and lead.
Mr. Calvert has given a few epigrams of his own. The following has point:
Philosophers say, in their deep-pondered books,
It were well if each man found his level.
Sage sirs, this is not quite so good as it looks,
For ’twould send a whole host to the devil.
Here is a hit at “great statesmen,” a kind of sharp-shooting very popular with literateurs, who are unable to manage men as they can words and verses:
Like plummet in mid ocean sounding,
Like him who crystals would be rounding,