§Echo.§— Beer. §Shep.§— What, must I do when women will be kind? §Echo.§— Be kind. §Shep.§— What must I do when women will be cross? §Echo.§— Be cross. §Shep.§— Lord! what is she that can so turn and wind? §Echo.§— Wind. §Shep.§— If she be wind, what stills her when she blows? §Echo.§— Blows. §Shep.§— But if she bang again, still should I bang her? §Echo.§— Bang her. §Shep.§— Is there no way to moderate her anger? §Echo.§— Hang her. §Shep.§— Thanks, gentle Echo! right thy answers tell What woman is, and how to guard her well. §Echo.§— Guard her well. BONAPARTE AND THE ECHO. The original publication of the following exposed the publisher, Palm, of Nuremberg, to trial by court-martial. He was sentenced to be shot at Braunau in 1807,—a severe retribution for a few lines of poetry. §Bona.§—Alone I am in this sequestered spot, not overheard. §Echo.§—Heard. §Bona.§—’Sdeath! Who answers me? What being is there nigh? §Echo.§—I. §Bona.§—Now I guess! To report my accents Echo has made her task. §Echo.§—Ask. §Bona.§—Knowest thou whether London will henceforth continue to resist? §Echo.§—Resist. §Bona.§—Whether Vienna and other courts will oppose me always? §Echo.§—Always. §Bona.§—Oh, Heaven! what must I expect after so many reverses? §Echo.§—Reverses. §Bona.§—What! should I, like coward vile, to compound be reduced? §Echo.§—Reduced. §Bona.§—After so many bright exploits be forced to restitution? §Echo.§—Restitution. §Bona.§—Restitution of what I’ve got by true heroic feats and martial address? §Echo.§—Yes. §Bona.§—What will be the end of so much toil and trouble? §Echo.§—Trouble. §Bona.§—What will become of my people, already too unhappy? §Echo.§—Happy. §Bona.§—What should I then be that I think myself immortal? §Echo.§—Mortal. §Bona.§—The whole world is filled with the glory of my name, you know. §Echo.§—No. §Bona.§—Formerly its fame struck the vast globe with terror. §Echo.§—Error. §Bona.§—Sad Echo, begone! I grow infuriate! I die! §Echo.§—Die![13] Footnote 13: Napoleon himself, (_Voice from St. Helena_,) when asked about the execution of Palm, said, “All that I recollect is, that Palm was arrested by order of Davoust, and, I believe, tried, condemned, and shot, for having, while the country was in possession of the French and under military occupation, not only excited rebellion among the inhabitants and urged them to rise and massacre the soldiers, but also attempted to instigate the soldiers themselves to refuse obedience to their orders and to mutiny against their generals. I _believe_ that he met with a fair trial.”