112 CHANGE-VICISSITUDE. 9. Fortune makes quick despatch, and in a day May strip you bare as beggary itself. CUMBERLAND's Philemon. 10. All our advantages are those of fortune; Birth, health, wealth, beauty, are her accidents; 11. Oh, many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant; BYRON'S Two Foscari. And many a word, at random spoken, SCOTT. CHANGE-VICISSITUDE. 1. For all, that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapour, vanish and decay. SPENSER'S Ruins of Time. 2. Thus doth the ever-changing course of things 3. Is there no constancy in earthly things? DANIEL. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. 4. But yesterday the word of Cæsar might Have stood against the world; now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence. SHAKSPEARE. 5. The time has been, when no harsh sounds would fall From lips that now may seem imbued with gall; But now so callous grown, so chang'd since youth, I've learn'd to think, and sternly speak the truth. BYRON'S English Bards, &c. 6. Gone, glimm'ring thro' the dreams of things that were A schoolboy's tale-the wonder of an hour. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 7. How chang'd since last her speaking eye Glanc'd gladness round the glitt'ring room; BYRON'S Parisina. 8. A minute past, and she had been all tears, She stood as one who champion'd human fears:- 9. Roses bloom, and then they wither, BYRON'S Don Juan. Cheeks are bright, then fade and die; Shapes of light are wafted hither, J. G. PERCIVAL. 10. Ah me! what is there in earth's various range, Which time and absence may not sadly change? 11. But while the glitter charms our gazing eyes, Its wings are folded, and the meteor dies. 12. Change is written on the tide, SANDS. ROBERT TREAT PAINE. On the forest's leafy pride; REV. J. H. CLINCH. 114 CHARACTER - DISPOSITION, &c. 13. There are no birds in last year's nest. H. W. LONGfellow. 14. Your coldness I heed not, your frown I defy; Your affection I need not-the time has gone by, MRS. OSGOOD. J. T. WATSON. CHARACTER-DISPOSITION, &c. 1. He was a man of rare, undoubted might, SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. 2. With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws, and modern instances. SHAKSPEARE. 3. Who steals my purse, steals trash; 't is something, nothing, 'T was mine, 't is his, and has been slave to thousands; But he, who filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, SHAKSPEARE. 4. The purest treasure mortal times afford, SHAKSPEARE. 5. Gnats are unnotic'd, wheresoe'er they fly, But eagles gaz'd upon with ev'ry eye. SHAKSPEARE. 6. In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, 7. With warlike sword, and sing-song lay, Equipp'd alike for feast or fray. From MARTIAL. TRUMBULL'S MC Fingal. 8. Though gay as mirth, as curious thought sedate; As elegance polite, as power elate; 9. Without, or with, offence to friends or foes, I sketch the world exactly as it goes. SAVAGE. BYRON'S Don Juan. 10. Cold-blooded, smooth-fac'd, placid miscreant. BYRON'S Don Juan. 11. Here's a sigh for those who love me, 12. With more capacity for love, than earth BYRON. BYRON'S Lara. 13. Quick in revenge, and passionately proud, The New Timon. 14. It was not mirth-for mirth she was too still; 15. The dark grave, The New Timon. Which knows all secrets, can alone reclaim HON. W. HERBERT. 16. Devoted, anxious, generous, void of guile, And with her whole heart's welcome in her smile. CHARITY. MRS. NORTON. 1. The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe. 2. In faith and hope the world will disagree, All must be false, that thwart this one great end; DRYDEN. POPE'S Essay on Man. 3. There are, while human miseries abound, 4. Let shining Charity adorn your zeal, 5. The truly generous is the truly wise; ARMSTRONG. AARON HILL. HOME's Douglass. |