Un jour, dit un Auteur, &c. EPISTLE II Once (says an Author, where, I need not say) Two Trav'lers found an Oyster in their Way; Both fierce, both hungry, the Dispute grew strong, While, Scale in Hand, Dame Justice past along. Before her each with Clamour pleads the Laws, Explain'd the Matter, and would win the Cause; Dame Justice, weighing long the doubtful Right, Takes, opens, swallows it, before their Sight. The Cause of Strife remov'd so rarely well, There, take (says Justice) take ye each a Shell. We thrive at Westminster on Fools like you, 'Twas a fat Oyster -- Live in Peace -- Adieu. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IMAGINARY ANCESTORS: THE GIRAFFE WOMAN OF BURMA by MADELINE DEFREES FOR REMEMBERING HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU by JAMES GALVIN WE CAN'T WRITE OURSELVES INTO ETERNAL LIFE by DAVID IGNATOW THE BUTCHER SHOP by DAVID IGNATOW A MID-DAY DREAMER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |