ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CАТ, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES. 'Twas on a lofty vase's side, Her conscious tail her joy declared; Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, Still had she gazed; but 'midst the tide Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue B2 The hapless nymph with wonder saw; With many an ardent wish, She stretch'd, in vain, to reach the prize. What female heart can gold despise? What Cat's averse to fish? Presumptuous maid! with looks intent Eight times emerging from the flood, Some speedy aid to send. From hence ye beauties, undeceived, DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL, R.A. ENGRAVED BY W. FINDEN; PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE, LONDON. SEPT. 29,1826. ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE. ̓́Ανθρωπος, ἱκανὴ πρόφασις εἰς τὸ δυστυχεῖν. MENANDER. Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, Where grateful Science still adores Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, His silver-winding way: Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, 1 King Henry the Sixth, founder of the College. |