DESIRE AND POSSESSION
He whom desire doth make a slave,
Possessed, as tyrant will behave.
ON FORLIS
What! here alone, dear Forlis! What's amiss?
You do not oft shun company, I wis.
"I was engaged communing with myself."
Alas! how bored you most have been, poor elf!
ON MAUPOU
Titus counted as lost the day
Unsignalised by some good deed;
But Maupou counts the other way,
And mourns the day from evil freed,—
And yet he mourns but few indeed.
BENSERADE ON THE DEATH OF CARDINAL RICHELIEU
Here lies the famous Cardinal Richelieu,
Whose grave with tears I constantly bedew:
If you should think my grief too great appears
Know with him died my pension: hence these tears.
ON THE PORTRAIT OF A GREAT TALKER
Since Bufo's picture never says a word
To call it a good likeness is absurd.
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