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O RIGIX A L POE 7 'R r.
Literary Fables.
J ran Stated from the Spanish cf
Thomas Dh Yriartf.,
B>j an Inhabitant of Wheeling.
fable hi.
The Bear, the Monkey, and the Hog.
A Bear, with which a Piedmontese
31 is li\ing earns, or rather, begs,
Had taken batchelor’s degree1,
As dancer on his hinder leg--.
One day the Bear ask'd neighbour Pug
To give her judgment of his skill;
Pug was a judge, and, u ith a shrug,
Protested that he danc'd but ill.
u III?" why, replied the coxcomb Bear,
;t You must be very hard to please ;
r\ hat / have i not a gt iita 1 air?
And don’t 1 do the steps with ease?"
The Hog, who happen’d to be bv,
A nd of another judgment quite,
Not able to contain his joy,
Grunted out<k bravo!” at the sight.
At hearing this, the dancer, now,
Settled the matter in his mind,
And, with a modcsty-smooth’d brow,
Utter’d a language of this kind:
11 The censure which the Monkey p iss’d,
Ted me my dancing skill to doubt;
But since the Hog applauds, at last,
I am convinced 1 must be out.
I
Accept two lin^s (—T copy them
Because I think them brief and terse :)
Bad is that work tin- wise condemn,
But ii the fools applaud it, worse.
The Kose.
Translated from the French.
owe: t offspring of the tears of morn,
Who stealst the Zi phyr’s kisses bland,
Whose glories Flora's c >u:t adorn,
Quickly thy maiden blush expand.
Ah ! no, forbear! one moment stay;
N or yet unlold thy fragrant blade/
ooon as those sweets salute the dav,
1 hat youthlul glow is doom’d to fade.
F,liza, like tin- flo\v’r that blows,
is subject to th< same decree ;
Like her thou’it bloom awhile, O Rose/
And oi.c shall wither soon like thi i
Then come—lorsahi thy prickly stem,
And with V'.y tints hliza dress’*
: Thv charms are prrlss, and like them,
Unequal?d be th\ happiness.
Go-—on Eliza’s bosom die ;
Her throne shall thus become thy tomb;
Aia .neglected, jealous I
Could ask, on earth, no happier doom.
Tn some blest moment thou mavst view
That breast on which tin blush shall t ide,
A sigh thy blushes shall renew—
II sighs Eliza’s heart invade.
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Love, faithful love, thy leaves shall ply
And coax them round her heart to steal;
I hi n gladden, not displease her eye,
Bedeck her bosom,—not conceal.
II some imprudent hand should dare
Disturb thv sweet repose ; in scorn,
W ith thee my waken’d vengeance bear,
And wound inv rival v. ith a thorn.
J AQUES.
Anecdote.
A g' ntlcman th. oil.er day re marked
tr> a odur, as a singular fact, that the
initials of the name of A, Burr, wer ■
th ;>v ot the t\. ■) greatest conquerors
that had e\ i r spread ruin and devasta
tion over the face of the earth, to wit,
Alexander anti Bonapart.. I: i.-, by n >
means singular, retorted his faev nous
friend ; they will stand f r the vilest
traitor that ever disgraced humanity,
Benedict Arnold; but in fact they will
stand for Any Body.
[Ar. T. Journal.]
V NFORTU N ATE G A LI. ANT.
A young gcntk man who hod been
h It heir to a con sick rable estate, took it
into his head th: t it was nee-ssar\, in
order to cut a figure tr on the town as a
man of pleasure, that he should have an
idf.iir of gallantry. He accordin' Iv de
termined to write an amorous epistle,
in the best stile, to the wife of a reputa
ble tradesman, at whose house he had
been some time a \ i itor, and where ht
had been treated with the greatest po
li ten*ss and ii lend ship. A messenger
wms dispnt h d w ith the 1« tt r, whi. h
co.du i d with a !ai hlul promise to
’■•/ait upon the kulv at 7 o’clock the next
evening an h w at w .i h he knew la*.r
bus’>and would be ab cut.
1 he Lailv, whose person and m id
were i qu.diy amia >k, upon r * c i v>
this letter iinr.it lid 1. gave it to m r
husband; w’n n, after i njur ing ;> 1 . .utv
j ta 1 ;h at tm- content'., it was ; j r . i be
I tween t! em that the amort us ^ ntle
— _
man should be rewarded according tc
bis m rits. At the appointed hour he
came, and commenced his amorous suit
ie. a theatrical manner, with much grace
and spirit, lie was, however soon in
terrupted, bv hearing of the husband’s
unexpect d arrival. The lady, in an
affected irigir, intreated him if he felt
for tiic reputationof a woman who loved
him, instantly to jump out of the win
dow. lie immedi it< iv took a leap, and
f-11 into a large cistern of water prepared
for his receptio i—His passion bi ing
sufficiently cooled, he was permitted to
depart; but not without a severe horse
whioping bv one of the tradesman’s
porter1, and a promise of receiving the
saim di :tipl:ne whenever he came there
again.
Vanity.
A wish to be accounted somebody, !•
very common among men. Almost all
arc anil itious of attaining distinction ;
some in one way and some in another,
according to the situation in which they
happen t > be placed. Among all the
scln mes in civilized life, that which to
me nr p. ars most disgusting is a haugh
tiness of denortm it. It is ill calculat
ed to produce the ttTects such probably
have in view: in this tbi v no doubt are
quite out of their politics.
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