32 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

Though seldom I flatter, I oft show respect
To the prelate, the patriot, and peer;
But sometimes, alas! a sad proof of neglect,
Or a mark of contempt, I appear.
By the couch of the sick, I am frequently found,
And I always attend on the dead;
With patient affliction, I sit on the ground,
But if talk’d of, Pm instantly fled.

 

RIDDLE LXIV.’
GAY, what is that which in its form unites
All that is graceful, elegant, and true;
By all admired, by all acknowledged great,
And (as I trust) sincerely loved by you;

Which ever on the virtuous attends,

And of their peace will surest safeguard prove;
The best support of noble, upright minds,

The best foundation of connubial love?

 

RIDDLE LXV.

T™ tall and square made; by my neighbours most
seen: :
Am partly without doors, and partly within ;