Chapter 59
O'er the hills and far away.
How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away.
FABLES.
_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 b.o.o.by 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 s.h.i.+lling_.
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.
THOMAS PARNELL.
1679-1718.