290 THE ISLAND OF NANTUCKET. 



Should party zeal the bosom rile, 



'Tis here nor felt nor seen, sir;* 

 For choudre will correct the bile, , 



And dissipate the spleen, sir. 



Then when with B— k the wild heart swells, 



Some genius bids renounce it; 

 For no revenge or malice dwells 



With thee, O Siasconset! 



Now let the fair one share her part, 



Sweet village, in thy candor; 

 Safe to disclose her feeling heart, 



Nor fear the scorpion slander.! 



Thus the fond maid shall find excuse, 



If first she make the onset ; 

 Her soul's elect her hand may choose 



By laws of Siasconset. 



Should Polygons! and Catspaws§ ask 



My judgment of the vi'lence, 

 This law I '11 claim, to wear the mask, 



And answer them in silence. 



Thrice happy vill, extend thy reign 



Till every nation owns it; 

 Thus shall the world its glory gain 



Beneath thy laws, O 'Sconset! 



* Such is the common veneration for the municipality of 

 'Sconset, that all prejudices and animosities among the visitants 

 are always left within the gate of the town. 



t Though these laws in this respect are quite friendly to the 

 fair sex, yet we would not excite in any lady an expectation 

 of making more than one half of the marriage contract. 



j: In mathematics, figures of many sizes. 



§ In the fable moralized, tools of party. 



