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I POET’S CORNER. §
A bard, who appears to have a greater
relish for the quiet and salutary re
freshment of a dish cf Tea, than the
merry company and exhilarating beve
rage of a public house, thus expresses
himself in commendation of his favour
ite cup.
the dish of tea.
T -
f some in grog place their delight,
O’erbottEd port r waste the night/
Or si}' the rosy wine ;
A dish of tea
1*1 ore pleases me,
h ields solt r jovs,
Provokes less noise,
And breeds no base design.
From China’s clime this present bro’t,
Enlivens wh y pow’r of thought,
Hies many a ship for sea ;
(lid maids it warms,
oung widows charms,
And misses,—men,
Not one in ten,
But court them for their tea.
When troubling pains assail mv head,
And il'ilness o’er my brain is spread,
■1 h muse no longer kind’;
A single sip,
Dispels the hyp ;
I o chase the gloom,
Fresh spirits come,
T. he flood-tide of the mind.
When worn with toil or vex’d with care.
Tct Susan hut th s draught prepare,
And I forget my pain :
This magic howl
Kevives the soul,
' '• * th gentle sway,
lii ds < are he gav,
Nor mounts to cloud the brain.
11 learned men tin truth would speak,
ay prize it iar beyond their <>reek,
No llebi ew root
So well can suit,
iMore quickly taught,
Ieess dearly iiought,
And studied twice a da*,.
r tis leaf from distant regions sprung
f uts lile into the icmule tongue,
And aids the cans of love.
Such pow’r Ins T.-a,
O’er bon 1 and fiv \
Which priests admire,
Delights the squire,
And Galen’s approve.
The following v rsjication of an apo
Igue, invented by Addison, and told
with his usual elegant simplicity in
the Spectator, h 'is been rarely surpass
ed in poetical beauty. 'The fable is
pleasing, the moral obvious and im
pressive.
THE DROP OF WATE R.
A FABI.E.
F, 'om an E i-ttern Tale.
A CLOl- i), in anvr.ent air suspended,
Light offsprin - of th • lucid v. .
Hy force of sir! on gal s distended,
Back to the sea ... treasures gave.
One shining drop that join’d the ocean,
W as h ard ii sorrow to comjilain,
Ah. what ant I midst this commo
tion /
How insignificant / how vain /”
Scarce had the tiny globule ended
Its slight existence to bemoan,
W hen lo / (as if bt fate intended,)
An oyster claim'd it for its own.
Within whose shell (sad hat Ration/)
^ Longtime the drop reluctant lav ;
" Ik n sudden ends its lamentation_
• p< arl ne’er saw th<
Now Persia’s diadem, its glorv
Com])!yt( s, win re L;a/.ing ili’monds
shine:
I ahe you th> moral of th 'lory_
Whatever i c ir station .ne'er repine.
AXKCDOl K.
A nth i in, who v, is fond of hritv
'.nought a wit met a person on the muf,
who ask* d him which w as tlu- neat • t
way to Tyburn: “ Why, (said lie) ,:u
shortest way \ on can take, i to stop tl:
first: person \ m meet and d, nan) hr,
Mr, '; — I h'-lieve so (said l!i • oil, :
and as I wool l not i ,xe tim -—di , | ,,
TMIS MO Ml \ r,”-(nulling out a pi ,
It was in x ..in to hesitate, at d the wit
paid twenty guineas lor hisje,t.
A Peasant and an Emperor.
A Persian emperor, when hunting,
perceived a very ok} man planting a
walnut tree, and advancing towards him
asked his age. The peasant replied,4 I
am four v. ars old.’ An attendant re
bu kid him for uttering such an absur
dity before the i mp ror. ‘You censure
me without cause, replied the peasant ;
I did not speak without reflection, for
the v. isi do not reckon that time which
has been lost in the folly and cares of
the world; I therefore consider that to
lie my ri al age, which has been spent in
s Tving tin- 1J ity, and discharging my
duty to society.’ 1 lie emperor, struck
with the s: • l.'.rity of the remark, ob
served,4 4 Thou canst not hope to see
i!i. t r< - - s thou art pi mting come to per
fection.’ 4 1 rue,’ answi red the sage,
•hut smee ode rs have planted that we
■'light eat, it is ri lit that we should
plant for tii ! <n (it of others.’—T',x
nt/ i \cl m d the emperor ; upon
which, as was the custom whin any
person was honored with the applause
°f tin* so\ reign, a purse-bearer tire
senivci tin (,ai man with a thousand pie
On r< iving th< m, the
| hrev, i! peasant made a low obeisance, &:
added, ‘ () king, other men’s trees come
toperlettion ;n the space of lot tv t ears,
but mine have produced fruit as soon as
they were planted.'—1 IJruvo/' said the
monarch, and a second purse of gold was
tted, when the old man exclaim*
1 (l, 1 he trees of others bear fruit only.*
once a year, but n ine have t ielded tv.o
crops in one da;-.'—1 Delightful /’ re
| it d the t mperor, and a third purse of
goid was given ; when, putting spurs to
h:s horse, th n uua b r. treated, sa> ing
Ut \er nd la;!: r, 1 dare not stay lon
ig b st tbv i :t bould exhaust nn trea
sury.’
J ^ yi‘ ' i I -1 i:i i: i v is a nobl ■ \ ir
'"* ■> n i' ’'k- principle of a man to
.1 ow to oil r the same rights which
h < iaim- to hims If.
He that would have his business
u' 11 don -, n-ist cither do it himself, or
s’ e In- doing h,
d1 ii follow, his recreation when
dd !) • minding Inis bu-.incs , is
i'k. , in a liitle tiiii to have no hus*
> i to I ;lloW.
W H L E I. 1NG,
(OHIO county, VI in ima,)
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