Nympha libethris, or, The Cotswold muse presenting some extempore verses to the imitation of yong [sic] scholars : in four parts.
Barksdale, Clement, 1609-1687.
VIII. To bald Men. Phaedri. 5.
JN veni• Calvus fortè in trivio pectinem:
Accessit aliter aeque defectus pilis:
Heja, inquit, Est commune quodcunque est lucri.
Ostendit ille praedam & adjecit simul:
Superum voluntas favit, sed fato invido;
Carbonem, ut aiunt, pro thesauro invenimus.
"Quem spes delusit, huic querella convenit.
By th' way, a certain Man, who had no haire,
A Comb took up. Another full as bare
Seeing H•ad sound something, cryes out Half is mine.
I'm willing, said the first, Half should be thine:
But neither of us can make use of this;
(A coal for treasure) bad our good luck is.
"So may every one complain,
"That's disappointed of his gain.
