1894.] 329 1 Morris 



7 I saw slaves upon horses, 



And rulers walking as slaves on the earth. 



ASSYRIAN. 



8 The digger of a ditch shall fall into it: 



And a serpent shall bite the destroyer of a hedge. 



EGYPTIAN. 



9 The remover of stones shall be hurt by them : 

 The splitter of wood shall be endangered by it. 



TYRIAN. 



10 If the axe fail, he has disturbed its face, 

 And he must labor labors : 



That man's wisdom is not excessive. 



11 If a serpent bite through not having been charmed, 

 There is no advantage to the charmer. 



12 The words of the mouth of the wise are grace : 

 But the lips of the fool shall drown him. 



13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is follj^ 

 And the last of his mouth is wicked madness : 



14 And the fool multiplies words. 



ASSYRIAN. 



Man kuoweth not what hath been 



Nor what sliall be : 



For (that which comes) after who shall tell him? 



15 The labor of fools afflicts them : 



He knoweth not how to go to the city. 



TYRIAN. 



16 Woe to thee, city. 

 Whose king is young. 



And whose rulers eat in the morning ! 



17 Happy thou, O land. 

 Whose king is son of the free, 

 Whose rulers eat in season. 



For strength, and shall not be ashamed ! 



18 Through sloth the roof will be abased. 



And in idleness of hands the house will leak. 



19 For laughter do ihey prepare bread and wine, 

 And oil to make glad the living : 



And to the expenditure of silver 

 Shall all things be obedient. 



