Poetry

Clcon linlh a mülion acres - Ne'er a one have I; Cleon dwelleili in a paluee- In a cottage J ; Cleon hoth a dozen fortunes - Nol a penny I; But the poorerof the twain, s Cleon, nnd not I. Clcon, truc, possesseth acres, But tlie landscape I; Half the charms to me il yieldeth Money cannot buy; Cleon harbors sloth and dullness - Freshening vigor I ; He in velvet, I in ftistian, Kiclicr man am 1. Cleon is a shve "o grandeur - K:ce as ihoujbt am [; Clcon fees a score of doctors- Need of none have I; Wenlth surrounded, care-environ'd, Cleon fears to die; Death may come, he'll find me ready- Hftppier man am I. Cleon sees no charms in Nature- In a daisy I: Cleon Inars no anthems ringing J ii he sea and sky. ■ rinture sings to me for ever - E.irnest listener I; Staie lor smte. willi all attendnnts, Who wouldcliange ? - Nol I.