FOR CHILDREN. 95

EPITAPH ON A HERO.

Heng lies one who never drew
Blood himself, yet many slew ;
Gave the gun its aim, and figure
Made in field, yet ne’er pulled trigger.
Armed men have gladly made
- Him their guide, and him obeyed ;
At his signified desire,
Would advance, present, and fire.
Stout he was, and large of limb,
Scores have fled at sight of him ;
And to all this faine he rose
By only following his nose.
Neptune was he called, not he
Who controls the boisterous sea,
But of happier command,
Neptune of the furrowed land ;
And your wonder vain to shorten,
Pointer! to Sir John Throckmorton?
Cowper.

THE PET PLANT.

A FLORIST a sweet little blossom espied,
Which bloomed, like its ancestors, by the road
side ;

3 Pointer—a dog that by its peculiar gestures points out
the game to the sportaman.

* A friend of Cowper, who lived at Weston, near O!
Buckinghamshire. , " ines