Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade.

The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

A sinful heart makes feeble hand.

The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er.

We often praise the evening clouds, And tints so gay and bold, But seldom think upon our God, Who tinged these clouds with gold.