Who, much diseas'd, yet nothing feel; Who deem his house a useless place, Who trample order; and the day, If scorn of God's commands, impress'd Such want it, and that want, uncur'd Sad period to a pleasant course! Yet so will God repay Sabbaths prota'd without remorse, And mercy cast away. INSCRIPTION. FOR THE TOMB OF MR. HAMILTON. PAUSE here, and think: a monitory rhime Consult life's silent clock, thy bounding vein; And many a tomb, like Hamilton's, aloud Exclaims, Prepare thee for an early shroud.' EPITAPH ON A HARE. HERE lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Old Tiney, surliest of his kind, Though duly from my hand he took He did it with a jealous look, And, when he could, would bite. His diet was of wheaten bread, On twigs of hawthorn he regal'd, His frisking was at ev'ning hours, But most before approaching show'rs, Eight years and five round-rolling moon's He thus saw steal away, Dozing out all his idle noons, I kept him for his humour's sake, My heart of thoughts, that made it ache, But now beneath his walnut shade He, still more aged, feels the shocks, EPITAPHIUM ALTERUM. Hic etiam jacet, Siste paulisper, Qui præteriturus es, Et tecum sic reputa Hunc neque canis venaticus, VOL. II Confecêre: Tamen mortuus est Et moriar ego. The following Account of the Treatment of his Hares was inserted by Mr. Cowper in the Gentleman's Magazine, whence it is transcribed. IN the year 1774, being much indisposed both in mind and body, incapable of diverting myself either with company or books, and yet in a condition that made some diversion necessary. I was glad of any thing that would engage my attention without fatiguing it. The children of a neighbour of mine had a leveret given them for a plaything; it was at that time about three months old. Understanding better how to tease the poor creature than to feed it, and soon becoming weary of their charge, they readily consented that their father, who saw it pining and growing leaner every day, should offer it to my acceptance. I was willing enough to take the prisoner under my protection, perceiving that, in the management of such an animal, and in the attempt to tame it, I should find just that sort of employment which my case required. It was soon known among the neighbours that I was pleased with the present: and the consequence was, that in a short time I had as many leverets offered to me as would have stocked a paddock. I undertook the care of three, which it is necessary that I should here distinguish by the names I gave them-Puss, Tiney, and Bess. Note withstanding the two feminine appellatives, I must |