EPIGRAMS, NEW AND OLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1128, 26 June 1867, Page 6

EPIGRAMS, NEW AND OLD.

MODESTY. As lamps burn silent with unconscious light, So modest euse in beauty shines most bright. TJnaimtng charms with edge resistless fall, And she who menus no mischief does it all. COUNXEB-IBBITA.NT. Tender-hearted stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'lis the same with common natures : Use them kindly they rebel; But be as rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues will use you well. When late I attempted your pity to move, "What made you so deaf to my prayers ? Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love ; But—why did you kick me down stairs? Whig and Tory scratch and bite. Just as hungry dogs we Bee : Toss a bone 'twiit two, they fight, Throw a couple they agree. Brutus unmoved heard how his Portia fell; Should Jack's wife die—he would behave as well. Jack eating rotten cheese did say, " Like Samson 1 my thousands slay." " I vow," quoth Roger, " So you do, And with the selfsame weapon too." FBOM THE PEBSIAN OF HAFIZ. Two ears, and but a single tongue, By Nature's laws to man belong ; The lesson she would teach is clear, " Repeat but half of what you hear." THE POET TOILED. To win the maid"the poet tries» And sonnets writes to Julia's eyes She likes a verse—but, cruel whim, She still appears a-verse to him.