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Morsels.

DEVOID OF LITERARY MERIT.

THE MUSLIN IS FOUND.

(At the end of a letter to Unwin, June 8, 1783.)

The muslin is found, the gown is admired,
Procure us some franks—adieu, I am tired.

THE HAMPER.

We have received beef, tongues, and tea,
And certainly from none but thee;
Therefore with all our power of lungs,
Thanks for beef, and tea, and tongues.

HAYLEY'S PORTRAIT.

(NOVEMBER 25, 1792.)

Achilles and Hector and Homer and all
When your face appears shall come down from the wall,
And mine, theme of many an angry remark,
Shall then hide its pickpocket looks in the dark.

AN EPIGRAM.

[An epigram is but a feeble thing]

An epigram is but a feeble thing
With straw in tale, stuck there by way of sting.