The groom, who's been over To Folkstone ard Dover, Can't get any tidings at all of the rover. Here's a fortnight and more has gone by, and we 've tried Stolen or strayed, A GENTLEMAN; middle-aged, sober, and staid; Had spectacles on with a tortoise-shell rim, And a hat rather lower-crown'd, and broad in the brim, Shall bear Or send him, with care, (Right side uppermost) home; - or shall give notice where To the man at the turnpike called TAPPINGTON-GATE, Shall receive a REWARD OF FIVE POUNDS for his trouble - Had he been above ground -or he 's drown'd! No doubtless he 's shot -or he's hang'd- But, what will folks say?. To address her at once-at so early a day? Well-what then? who cares? let 'em say what they may As Captain M'Bride did, And once fully made up his mind on the matter, he He began on the instant, and vow'd that "her eyes Far exceeded in brilliance the stars in the skies, That her lips were like roses her cheeks were like lilies- With a thousand more compliments equally true, And expressed in similitudes equally new Round her jimp, taper waist Ere she fix'd to repulse, or return his embrace, Which always betokens dismay or disaster, Crying out 'T was the Gardener-"Oh, ma'm! we've found master!!" "Where? where ?" scream'd the lady; and Echo scream'd "Where?" The man couldn't say "There!" He had no breath to spare, But, gasping for air, he could only respond By pointing with his 'specs" and his hat he pointed, alas! -TO THE POND! poor dear Knight! He'd gone poking his nose into this and that; When, close to the side An " Of the bank, he espied uncommon fine" tadpole, remarkably fat; He stooped;- and he thought her His own; Got hold of her tail, he had caught her! -and to land almost brought her, he plump'd head and heels into fifteen feet water! The Lady Jane was tall and slim, The Lady Jane was fair Alas, for Sir Thomas! she grieved for him, As she saw two serving-men, sturdy of limb, His body between them bear. She sobbed, and she sighed; she lamented, and cried, She swooned, and I think she'd have fallen down and died Had not been by her side, With the Gardener; they both their assistance supplied, But, when she "comes to," Oh! 'tis shocking to view The sight which the corpse reveals! Sir Thomas's body, It looked so odd-he Was half eaten up by the eels! His waistcoat and hose, and the rest of his clothes, And out of each shoe An eel they drew, And from each of his pockets they pulled out two! For, when he came running to give the alarm, Good Father John * Was summoned anon; And masses were sung and masses were said, But Lady Jane was tall and slim, And Lady Jane was fair, And, ere morning came, that winsome dame Had made up her mind-or, what's much the same, To Thompson, the valet, while taking away, I've ate; but any So good ne'er tasted before! For some account of Father John Ingoldsby, to whose papers I am so much holden, see Ingoldsby's Legends, first series, p. 216, (2d Edit., This was th A soclesiastical act of his long and valuable life. They 're a fish, too, of which I'm remarkably fond.— -pop Sir Thomas again in the pond — Go Poor dear!! -HE'LL CATCH US SOME MORE!!" MORAL. All middle-aged gentlemen let me advise, If you 're married, and have not got very good eyes, Married ladies, especially such as are fair, Tall, and slim, I would next recommend to beware, In solitude Should they light on a spouse who is given to roaming Do n't wait! If of husband or children they chance to be fond, Then - -Crede experto trust one who has tried, Have them spitch-cock'd, or stewed - they're too oily when frieu LXXVI. EPITHETS. The rules of rhyme have now been presented, together with a full vocabulary, by which the appropriate rhyme to any word may be found. The use of appropriate epithets by which animated descriptions may be given, or the measure of the verse filled out, comes now to be considered.* An epithet is an adjective, expressing some real quality of the subject to which it is applied, or an attributive, expressing some quality ascribed to it; as a verdant lawn, a brilliant ap pearance, a just man, an accurate description. *See page 166, under Description, for some remarks and suggestions with regard to epithets. Epithets are of two kinds, simple and compound. Simple epithets are single words, as, joyous youth, decrepit age, thoughtless infancy. Compound epithets consist of compound words, and are frequently composed of nouns and other parts of speech, in connexion with adjectives, participles, &c., as, The meek-eyed morn, Tear-dropping April, The laughter-loving goddess, The dew-dropping morn, In world-rejoicing state it moves along, &c. The judicious application of epithets constitutes one of the greatest beauties of composition; and in poetry, especially, the melody of the verse, and the animation of the style is, in great measure, dependent upon it. Figurative language (see page 111) presents a wide and extensive field for the supply of rich and expressive epithets; and the poet is indulged, by his peculiar license, in the formation of new and original compound epithets. (See page 166.) Alliteration, also, (see page 151) if not profusely applied, and expressions in which the sound is adapted to the sense, when introduced with simple or compound epithets, contribute in a good degree to the beauty and harmony of verse. The following couplet, from Goldsmith's Deserted Village, presents an exemplification of this remark: "The white-washed wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door." Example. [See Onomatopoeia.] The word anger is suggested for the application of epithets, and the following terms will be found respectively applicable to it: Violent, impetuous, threatening, menacing, unbridled, untamed, mistaking, boiling, swelling, frantic, raging, flaming, burning, passionate, roaring, secret, waspish, impatient, red-looking, red-glaring, inflaming, bloody, blood-spilling, incensed, stormy, scarlet, blood-dyed, moody, choleric, wrathful, revengeful, vengeful, chafing, foaming, hot-headed, heating, sparkling, rash, blind, heady, head-strong, disordered, stern-visaged, giddy, flame-eyed, ghostly, distempered, transporting, tempestuous, blustering, fierce cruel. truculent. overseeing, frothy, implacable, pettish, bitter, rough, wild, stubborn, unruly, litigious, austere, dreadful, peace-destroying joy-killing, soul-troubling, blasting, death-dealing, fury-kindled, mortal hellish, heaven-rejected. Example 2d. FOUNTAIN. Chrystal, gushing, rustling, silver, gently-gliding, parting, pearly, weep ing, bubbling. gurgling, chiding, clear, grass-fringed, moss-fringed, pebblepaved verdant, sacred, grass-margined, moss-margined, trickling, soft dew-sprinkled, fast-flowing, delicate, delicious, clean, straggling, dancing vaulting, deep-embosomed, leaping, murmuring, muttering, whispering, prattling, twaddling, swelling, sweet-rolling, gently-flowing, rising, sparkling, flowing, frothy, dew-distilling, dew-born, exhaustless, inexhaustible, never-decreasing, never-failing, heaven-born, earth-born, deep-divulging, drought-dispelling, thirst-allaying, refreshing, soul-refreshing, eartli refreshing, laving, lavish, plant-nourishing. Examples for Practice. Apply epithets to the following names: Friend, friendship, love, joy, sorrow, revenge, mirth, justice, a forest, a wood, a mountain, billow, wave, ripple, bloom, blossom, bud, banquet, ad versity, affection, affliction, sorrow, despair, allurement, ambition, anguish, appetite, avarice, autumn, beauty, bee, beggar, bird, bride, cave, cloud, clown, cold, countenance, critic, death, deceit, delight, destroy, disease, discord, dog, dream, eagle, earth, eye, envy, eloquence, countenance, fear, fire, firmament, flame, flatter, flower, gift, glory, gold, grove, grief, hair, hand, honor, hour, hope, jealousy, ignorance, innocence, lay, law, liberty, light, maid, majesty, malice, mead, meadow, minute, monarch, mist, multitude, night, pain, peace, pleasure, poetry, poverty, pride, prosperity, providence, rage, rebellion, remorse, rock, sea, shore, skin, sleep, snake, snow, stream, sun, swain, tail, tear, tempest, temple, throne, thunder, time, tongue, tree, vale, vengeance, verse, vine, want, water, war, wine, woman, wit, wind, wing, winter, wood, woe, year, youth, zeal. LXXVII. LYRIC POETRY. Lyric poetry literally implies that kind of poetry which is written to accompany the lyre, or other musical instrument. The versification may either be regular, or united in fanciful combinations, in correspondence with the strain for which it is composed. Example 1st. THE WINGED WORSHIPPERS. Addressed to two Swallows that flew into Church during Divine Service |