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 A CAT. 
 
 In almost every house Fm seen, 
 (No wonder then Vm common ;) 
 
 Fm neither man, nor maid, nor child, 
 Nor vet a married \voman. 
 
 Fm pennyless, and poor as Job, 
 Yet such my pride by nature, 
 
 I always wear a kingly robe, 
 Though a dependent creature. | 
 
A DOG. 
 
 Places of (rust I oft obtain, 
 i act as sbcpberd on the plain, 
 
 Protect the house from vermin 
 In frozen Ciimes a hoise I'm seen, 
 A roasting-jack I too have been : 
 
 At fairs Fm shown for learning 
 Strange it is, but not b^ss true, 
 i eat on four b'^is — bej>' on two. 
 
6 
 
 BIRD'S NEST. 
 
 My situation is in flowery raoads, 
 Or wlipro the thicket oft extends its 
 shades ; 
 
 Sometimes upon a rising" hill I'm 
 found, 
 
 And sometimes I am seen on level 
 ground ; 
 
 Yet care and art doth both combine 
 to place 
 
 My wondrous form remote from hu- 
 man race : 
 
 Ye pryinn^ youths, in mystic lines ex- 
 plore, 
 
 What oft in v/oods and o roves you 
 sought before. 
 
1 
 
 WOMAN. 
 
 Ten thousand thousands owe their 
 
 hirth to me, 
 To me twice twenty thousand bou 
 
 the knee, . , 
 
 By me unhappily some meet wiUi 
 
 death, 
 
 To some I e'en deny the of hreath, 
 Tho' now I live on earth,— to roe 
 
 you owe „ ^ 
 
 Your hein^ (under God) all that you 
 
 know. 
 
8 
 
 A HORSE. 
 
 To kino- and subject 1 assistance lend ; 
 in war a firm ally, in peace a friend ; 
 10 their diversions am a perfect slave, 
 At home submissive, but in battle 
 brave : 
 
 To poor and wealthy I oiye health and 
 ease; 
 
 The lady, merchant, and the peasant 
 please ; 
 
 Nay, of such g-cneral use is my em- 
 ployment, 
 
 Without me life would scarce be worth 
 enjoyment. 
 
THE OWL, 
 
 My patron is wisdom, — if wisdom you 
 prize, 
 
 111 me put your confidence, borrow my 
 eyes, 
 
 Who into a mill-stone can see quite as 
 far 
 
 As the best of you all, by the light of 
 a star ; 
 
 In short,— had some wise ones but my 
 
 penetration, 
 ft had long' ago much better ftircd with 
 
 the nation. 
 
10 
 
 WATCHMAN. 
 
 I sleep b}'' day, and wake at night j 
 
 No season gives me rest ; 
 And though 1 ought to keep the peace, 
 
 I rouse some from their nest. 
 What's sold and bought at every fair, 
 
 Does to ray place belong ; 
 And often call a stranger, friend, 
 
 As he does pass along. 
 I glory in a moonshine night, 
 
 To cheer nic on my way ; 
 I often bring bad deeds to light. 
 
 Or stop a run-away. 
 
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 KITF. 
 
 No head, nor eyes, nor wings have I. 
 
 And yet I mount up far on high ; 
 
 A tail I have, my flight to guide, 
 
 Which is my heauty, hoast, and pride- 
 A prisoner keep mc, for, if free, 
 I'm rarely scon again hy thee. 
 
12 
 
 th£ doll. 
 
 Tis true I neither see nor hear. 
 But yet the human form I bear. 
 In nicest silks and satins dress'd. 
 By Miss Vm tenderly caress'd. 
 Sometimes my parent is a tree, 
 Sometimes th' industrious honey hec: 
 Let little Miss my name now tell, 
 For what it is she knows full well. 
 
13 
 
 FIDDLER. 
 
 Me and my partner up all night, 
 We play'd away with gr^at delight ; 
 Manag'd every niove with merit, 
 Displaying Science, skill, and spirit, 
 Neither lost, and yet both won— 
 Tell mo, friends, how was this done? 
 
14 
 
 A SHIP, 
 
 I FLY to many foreign parts. 
 Assisted by my spreading wings ; 
 
 My body holds an hundred hearts; 
 Nay, I will tell you stranger things : 
 
 When I am not in haste I ride, 
 And then I mend my pace anon ; 
 
 I issue fire out from my side ; 
 Ye British youths this riddle con. 
 
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 What being's most despised by man, 
 Yet does him all the good he can ? 
 
 Who does oft-times o'er death prevail, i 
 
 And health restore when doctors fail ? I 
 
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