In vain recorded in hiftoric page, They court the notice of a future age, Those twinkling tiny luftres of the land, Drop one by one from Fame's neglecting hand, So when a child, as playful children use, REPORT Of an adjudged Cafe not to be found in any of the Books. I. Between Nose and Eyes a strange contest arofe, To which the said fpectacles ought to belong. So JI. So the tongue was the lawyer and argued the cause With a great deal of fkill, and a wig full of learning, While chief baron Ear fat to balance the laws, So fam'd for his talent in nicely difcerning. III. In behalf of the Nofe, it will quickly appear, IV. Then holding the fpectacles up to the court Your lordship obferves they are made with a straddle, As wide as the ridge of the Nofe is, in fhort, Defign'd to fit clofe to it, juft like a faddle. V. Again, would your lordship a moment, fuppofe Pray, who wou'd or who cou'd wear fpectacles then? VI On the whole it appears, and my argument fhows With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them. VII. Then shifting his fide as a lawyer knows how, VIII. So his lordship decreed, with a grave folemn tone, Decifive and clear without one if or but That whenever the Nofe put his fpectacles on By day-light or candle-light-Eyes fhould be fhut. On On the Burning of LORD MANSFIELD's Library, toge ther with his MSS. by the Mob, in the Month of June, 1780. I. So then the Vandals of our ifle, Sworn foes to fense and law, Have burnt to duft a nobler pile Than ever Roman faw! II. And MURRAY fighs o'er Pope and Swift, And many a treasure more, The well-judg'd purchase and the gift That grac'd his letter'd store. III. Their pages mangled, burnt and torn, The lofs was his alone, But ages yet to come fhall mourn The burning of his own. On ON THE SA M E. I. WHEN wit and genius meet their doom In all devouring flame, They tell us of the fate of Rome, And bid us fear the fame. II. O'er MURRAY's lofs the mules wept, They felt the rude alarm, Yet blefs'd the guardian care that kept His facred head from harm. III. There mem'ry like the bee that's fed From Flora's balmy store, The quinteffence of all he read Had treafur'd up before. IV. The lawless herd with fury blind Have done him cruel wrong, The flow'rs are gone-but ftill we find |