Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-10-10
EPIGRAMS.

Epigrams prove the truth of the old saving
that brevity is the soul Of wit" Good cpigrams
will keep good while the attic salt, that is
their chief component saves them from becom-
ing stale, read them as often as we may. Per-
haps the following selection may be worthy OF a
place.
Charles eating ancient cheese did say,
Like Samson my thousands shy.
:" vow, =" quoth David " So you do,
And with the self same weapon, too"
Byron wrote the following, on England, and
in many respects it is as applicable now as when
written:
The world Is bundle fhay,
Mankind the who pull,
Each tugs It different way,
And the greatest Of all Is John Bull.
The following, written on glass with diamond
pencil belonging to Lord Stanhope, conveys a
delicate and merled compliment in few words :;
Accept a miracle in place of wit,
See two dull lines by stanhope's pencil writ.
John G. SAKE is responsible for this, on an i'll
read lawyer:
An idle attorney besought brother
For something to read, novel or other,
That really fresh and new
Take Chitty, replied his legal friend,
There isn't book that / could lend
Would prove norel to you.
Written after going to law:
The law they say great natures chain connects,
That produce effects
In me behold reversed great natures laws,
All my tecefs lost by single
Tom Hood wrote the following, which requires
no explanation:
After such years Of dissension and Strife
Some wonder that Peter should weep for his wife,
But his tears on her grave nothing surprising
He's laying her dust fear of its rising
Swans sing before they die 'twere no bad thing
Should certain persons die before they sing
Dodd, an English writer of some celebrity,
was the author of the above. We rccollect hear
ing wag of a school-boy, who was called upon
to declaim,' Tecite the above after lesson in
vocal music, i'll which the whole school were
made to join To add to the interest,"" the
principal Of the school had invited the teacher
of music to remain few moments to hear the
declamaions. The scholars roared, the master
frowned, and Numbered out, " F. three checks
and stop after school r.
Sake, among his other wlttlcsms, says this, of
woman IS will
Men. d! ing, make their Wills,
But wives esca PC a work sad;
Why should they make what, all their lives,
The gentle DANES have had
One more, by Hood, on a royal demise
How monarchs die is easily explained,
And thus 1t might upon their tomb be chselcd
A long George the Fourth could reign lie rcignei,
And then he m1sled
The following was published in England, in
l774, and addressed to the Ministry:
You've sent rod to Massachusetts,
In hope til Americans will buss it
But much fear for Britan's sake,
That this rod will prove u snake.
The following " on Marlnony" was written
long ago, and would seem to show that the " in
stitution" was not bliss ful it is thought
to be:
Tom praised his friend, who changed his state
For binding fast himself to Kate
in union divine;
"Wedlocks the end Of life he cried
ruu trur, alas" said Jack, aud sighed,
Twill be the end Of mine"
The following is from Tom Moore, and is very
pretty:
Do YOU said Fanny, tother day,
In earnest love me, you say
Or those tender words applied
Alike to fifty girls beside
Dear cruel girl, cried /, forbear
For by those eyes-those lips-I swear
She stopped me as the oath took,
And cried, you've sworn, kiss the book.