ANTHOLOGIA.
BY M. CAREY.
1. On a lady of sixty marrying a youth of seventeen.
Hard is the fate of every childless wife,
The thoughts of barrenness annoy her life.
Troth, aged bride, by thee 'twas wisely done
To choose a child and husband both in one.
2. Composition of an Epigram.
What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole,
Its body brevity and wit its soul.
3. Lurking Love.
When lurking love in ambush lies,
Under friendship's fair disguise:
When he wears an angry mien,
Imitating strife and spleen:
When, like sorrow, he seduces,
When, like pleasure, he amuses:
Still, howe'er the parts are cast,
It is but lurking love at last.
4. The Farmer's Creed.
Let this be held the farmer's creed:
For stock look out the choicest breed—
In peace and plenty let them feed—
Your land sow with the best of seed—
Enclose and drain it with all speed,
And you will soon be rich indeed.