XL
And  why  i  because  she's  changeable  and  du»te«

I  know  no  other  reason,  whatsoe'er
Suq^cious  people,  who  find  fault  in  haste,

iiay  choose  to  tax  me  with ;  which  Ib  not  hir.
Nor  flattering  to  *<  their  temper  or  their  taste,"

As  my  friend  Jeffrey  writes  with  such  an  air :
However,  I  forgive  him,  and  I  trust
He  wfll  forgive  himself ;— if  not,  I  must.
XXL.
Old  enemies  who  have  become  new  friends
Should  so  continue — 'tis  a  point  of  honor ;

And  I  know  nothing  which  could  make  amends
For  a  return  to  hatred :  I  would  shun  hex

like  garlic,  howsoever  she  extends
Her  hundred  arms  and  legs,  and  fain  outrun  her.
Old  flames,  new  wives,  become  our  bitterest  foes-*>

Converted  foes  should  scorn  to  join  with  those.
xni.
This  wwe  tilie  worst  desertion:  renegadoes,

Sven  shuffling  Southey— that  incarnate  lie-
Would  scarcely  join  again  the  "refbnnadoes,"'

Whom  he  forsook  to  fill  the  laureate's  sty :
And  honest  men,  from  Iceland  to  Bartaedoes,

Whether  in  Caledon  or  Italy,
Should  not  veer  round  with  every  breath,  nor  seise,
To  pain,  the  moment  when  you  oease  to  pisses.
XIV.
"Qm  lawyer  sad  the  erttie  but  behold
The  baser  sides  of  Utsratuie  and  life,

And  nought  remains  unseen,  but  much  untoId»
By  those  who  soonr  theee  double  vales  of  striCs.
Whfle  common  men  grow  ignorantly  old.
The  lawyer's  brief  is  like  the  surgeon's  knllb,

Dissecting  tiie  whole  inside  of  a  questioa,

And  with  it  sll  the  process  of  digestion.
XT.
