_The Shepherd and the Philosopher_.
Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil
O'er books consumed the midnight oil?
* * * * *
_The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy_.
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
* * * * *
_The Sick Man and the Angel_.
While there is life there's hope, he cried.
* * * * *
_The Hare and Many Friends_.
And when a lady's in the case,
You know all other things give place.
* * * * *
_Epitaph on Himself_.
Life's a jest, and all things show it;
I thought so once, and now I know it.
* * * * *
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGUE.
1690-1762.
_The Lady's Resolve_.
Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide--
In part she is to blame that has been tried;
He comes too near, that comes to be denied.
NICHOLAS ROWE.
1673-1718.
_The Fair Penitent_.
Act ii. Sc. 1.
Is she not more than painting can express,
Or youthful poets fancy when they love?
Act v. Sc. 1.
Is this that gallant, gay Lothario?
* * * * *
JOHN PHILIPS.
1676-1708.
_Splendid Shilling_.
Line 121.
My galligaskins, that have long withstood
The winter's fury and encroaching frosts,
By time subdued (what will not time subdue?)
A horrid chasm disclosed.
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