b"Oh! call me not a stupid cur, Of what his comrade late had done, Loud he exclaimed-no laugh was raised, b Will's tone and manner should denote humility with a slight degree of archness. e Tom's manner and utterance should be expressive of Assurance. In wrath this warning loud he gave, Mind well thou know'st what's meant by it; From out thy pert assuming lip, Till well thou know'st thy stolen song, MORAL. Let each pert Coxcomb learn from this, COOL REFLECTIONS DURING A MIDSUMMER'S WALK.* Oh! spare me-spare me, Phœbus! if indeed Drive earthward thy fierce steeds and fiery car. East, West, or North, or South! dear god of day, In pity, gentle Phoebus ! What a joy, Oh, what a joy, to be a seal and flounder On an ice-island! or to have a den, With the white bear cavern'd in polar snow! To give effect to this piece, the Speaker should seem overcome with heat; he might occasionally walk gently about, and fan himself with his handkerchief, having his waistcoat somewhat open, and his shirt-collar rather loose. The rate of utterance should be in general rather quick, and the tone exclamatory, yet bordering on the ludicrous. It were a comfort to shake hands with Death: Dipt in the blood of Nessus, just to keep Would now make platina uncongealable, Were it midnight, I should walk 'Till it dissolve in rain. O, gentle Jove! Not a cloud nor breeze!— My bones reach home, (for, for the flesh upon them, That hath resolved itself into a dew,) I shall have learnt owl wisdom. Thou vile Phœbus! Set me a Persian sun-idolator Upon this turnpike road, and I'll convert him, With no inquisitorial argument, But thy own fires. Help me, O Jupiter! my poor complexion ! I'm made a copper Indian of already; My very cellular membrane will be changed,- A brook! a brook! Oh, what a sweet cold sound! 'Tis very nectar! It runs like life through every strengthen'd limb! Nymph of the stream, now take a grateful prayer! SOUTHEY. THE DOCTOR AND HIS APPRENTICE. A pupil of the Esculapian school Yet think not that in knowledge he was cheated- Was, when a man was well or ill, One morn, he thus address'd his master: To notice how you do, My business I might learn a little faster." b"The thought is happy," the preceptor cries; "A better method he could scarce devise ; So Bob," (his pupil's name) "it shall be so, And when I next pay visits, you shall go. To bring that hour, alas! time briskly fled : Away they went, And now behold them at a patient's bed. The master-doctor solemnly perused His victim's face, and o'er his symptoms mused; When people nothing have to say: Then felt his pulse and smelt his cane, And paused, and blink'd, and smelt again, a The manner of the Apprentice should be humble and submissive. b The Doctor's manner is here grave and formal. And briefly of his corps perform'd each motion; C 66 Before the fell discharge of pill and potion. At length the patient's wife he thus address'd: Skill so prodigious Bobby too admired, How these same oysters came into his head? e "Psha! my dear Bob, the thing was plainSure that can ne'er distress thy brain, I saw the shells lie underneath the bed." So wise by such a lesson grown, Next day Bob ventured forth alone, And to the self-same sufferer paid his court- And to his master made this dread report: "A horse!" the elder man of physic cried, "How! think not in my duty I was idle; Like you, I took a peep beneath the bed, And there I saw a saddle and a bridle !" " This requires a considerable degree of Gravity, bordering on the ludicrous. d With a tone of Amazement. e In a Condescending manner. f Astonishment should be strongly depicted on the countenance. g With a sneer of Contempt. |