Good Resolutions

'T wan whon the toddling baby year Ifl erMtíng to the world wae giving, I Bhod ;i melancholy toar And vowed to change wy mode of living. ,. - " My wicki-d waya ril iu!iuï,"iti'(lmught ; il To Ik1 Bedato ril oow ndeavór;" But all my adíeme have como to naiight, I atill rmiiiiin Bfl bod ;ih ovit. Mfthotij;ht, I vriflte my mornH in bed " (I Beldom roso till 12 or latr), Which lázllleflfl it must besaid Full fiftcn agitatcs my pater. " Anou ut 5 a. ui. I'U rite, At once froni thcue late honrs Vil scver ; Hut (Iet it oot excito surprise) I utill " turn out " as late as ever. 'f Now, as to cash afTuire, I iear I'iii past all remedy," I pondcred. " I priovc to tliiuli that all lawt year No end of coia I rashiy squaudered. Oh Fortune! one chance more I crave ; Oh heart ! bc prudent, now or never. At once ril try wliat I can ave " - Alas ! I'm juut au poor a ever. Ah nifi ! with grief my niinds bcect, And duiis continuo Btill to storm me ; I'm juut au hopeloRBly in debt, And Iodr for somc one to reform me. Thnugh consrleufo knocks, 'tin all in vain, I thought myself extremcly clsver. My planH went wrong, and I remain As big a repróbate as ever.