Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages ...

IT'S AN ILL WIND BLOWS NOBODY G.OOD.
But while the two in deadly fight,
Half blind with rage, bark, tear and bite,
More bent each other's flefh to wound
Than heed the bone upon the ground ;
Up comes a third, attracted by
The brawl, and, quick the caufe t' efpy,
Snaps up the bone without ado,
And with it difappears from view.
The combatants, whofe kindled bile
Had fomewhat fettled down the while,
Exhaufted almoft with the fight,
At once both mifs the bone from fight !
And quick as thought, with one confent,
They ceafe the fray, and, both intent
To find the prize for which they fought,
With eager hafte the bone is fought :
But all in vain, no bone is there,
But foam and bloodftains everywhere,
Mingled with clotted flakes of hair.
At length away the dogs depart,
In pain and discontent of heart,
That they, who fought the prize to gain,
Should doubly lofers thus remain ;
While fome one, who no rifle had run,
The " bone of their contention " won.
Such things and like refults are feen
T' occur full oft young folks between ;
Among the People oft'ner ftill,
And Princes, where there's want of {kill.
But while I'm on this fubject now,
'An inftance I'll relate to you,
Of which I've known before to-day
Full many end the felf-fame way.
Two fuitors woo'd a Burgher maid,
With dow'ry rich, and each afraid
His rival mould with her prevail,
him all he could t'aflail
Bethought
And prejudice
the other's name,
WHAT FORCE CANNOT DO, ING.ENUITY MAY.
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