Volume Iv Part 42 (2/2)

Thomas Moore [1779-1852]

Whilst Adam slept, Eve from his side arose: Strange! his first sleep should be his last repose!

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”What? rise again with all one's bones,”

Quoth Giles, ”I hope you fib: I trusted, when I went to Heaven, To go without my rib.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge [1772-1834]

Here lies my wife: here let her lie!

Now she's at rest, and so am I.

John Dryden [1631-1700]

After such years of dissension and strife, Some wonder that Peter should weep for his wife; But his tears on her grave are nothing surprising,-- He's laying her dust, for fear of its rising.

Thomas Hood [1799-1845]

WRITTEN ON A LOOKING-GLa.s.s

I change, and so do women too; But I reflect, which women never do.

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AN EPITAPH

A lovely young lady I mourn in my rhymes: She was pleasant, good-natured, and civil sometimes.

Her figure was good: she had very fine eyes, And her talk was a mixture of foolish and wise.

Her adorers were many, and one of them said, ”She waltzed rather well! It's a pity she's dead!”

George John Cayley [? ]

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