Part 59 (1/2)

O'er the hills and far away.

How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away.

FABLES.

_The Shepherd and the Philosopher_.

Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil?

_The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy_.

When yet was ever found a mother Who'd give her b.o.o.by for another?

_The Sick Man and the Angel_.

While there is life there's hope, he cried.

_The Hare and Many Friends_.

And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place.

_Epitaph on Himself_.

Life's a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, and now I know it.

LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGUE.

1690-1762.

_The Lady's Resolve_.