A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
EPIGRAM.
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EPIGRAM.
From Martial.
Thou whom the fickle Youth their Master own,Quintilian, Glory of the Roman gown;
To live that I tho' poor make haste, forgive,
Trust me there's none can haste too much to live.
This let him slight, who thinks his means too small,
And crouds with pictures infin ite his hall.
Be mine an humble cot, a fire to chear,
A verdant meadow, and a fountain clear,
A servant clean, a not too learned wife,
Nights bless'd with sleep, and days that know no strife.
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