.. Novelty. 
It may be good, it may be true, 
But who would care the thing to view 
That wants the gloss of novelty. 
^NON, 
Of all the passions that possess mankind, 
The love of novelty rules most the mind; 
In search of this, from realm to realm we roam j 
Our fleets came fraught with ev’ry folly home. 
J'oote. 
FEBRUARY 22 . 
Calycanthus Potato . Benevole?ice. 
Godlike his unwearied bounty flows; 
First loves to do, then loves the good he does. 
(Sir jJ. Penham. 
From thy new hope, and from thy growing store, 
Now lend assistance, and relieve the poor. 
Pryden. 
