ON MARGARET DIX _(Born on February 29)_ _Ci git_ the remains of Margaret Dix, Who was young in old age I ween, Though Envy with Malice cried "seventy-six," The Graces declared her "nineteen." ON ONESIMUS DRAKE To the memory of Dr. Onesimus Drake, Who forced good people his drugs to take-- No wonder his patients were oft on the rack For this "duck of a man" was a terrible quack. ON MATTHEW DAY Beneath this slab lies Matthew Day, If his body had not been snatched away To be by Science dissected; Should it have gone, one thing is clear: His soul the last trump is sure to hear, And thus be resurrected. * * * * * TIME AND ETERNITY Where the soul drinks of misery's power, Each moment seems a lengthened hour; But when bright joy illumes the mind, Time passes as the fleetest wind.-- How to a wicked soul must be Whole ages of eternity? FROM THE LATIN As swallows shrink before the wintry blast, And gladly seek a more congenial soil, So flatterers halt when fortune's lure is past, And basely court some richer lordling's smile. SATAN IN SEARCH OF A WIFE _With the Whole Process of his Courtship and Marriage, and who Danced at the Wedding By an Eye Witness_ (1831) DEDICATION