Show l Jf 1 r LI POEMS EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW j THE PHILOSOPHERS SCALES I I II 1 JANE JANK TA I t oM oh favorite Is I rarely encountered but hut It t still Imn a 11 charm for tal forthe the h thousands who w went nt to school years ago wita willi is Heart RUl cr tr The author famous In her day da dIed In linden In n 1 A monk when his hI rites were wre w rl oer In tho tilD of ot bis hi colt cell with hlA h rU d floor J to thought his bis chimerical brain the contrivance wo we now shall Hut flut whether by hY or 01 powers loWer Vc Wo know not Indeed tin Us no nu III business of ot ours It was only onh by patience I and care At AI lam III I that to Lo b Mt hi Ii Invention to 10 bear bellr bearin in lii youth projected but years ears stole away I An Ani ere cre complete cOl pl te ho lie wn und gray cray Hut Is la I secure e unless energy ner falls atis And at a length he produced tha jIn philosophers scales What Whal were wro they you yott ask uk You shall hII pre presently see ce These scales were not nOI made nadu to tl t weigh sugar and tea lell teat 0 3 no flO for tor such properties wondrous 0 Imd iad they he That qualities thoughts they vault could weigh Together with articles small or ot immense From mountains or ur planets tu to atoms of ot u son eons Naught was wn there them so o bulky hulk but Iut there It would ouM lay Iny i AntI And naught so 10 lb ethereal but Lm them thero It would stay HU And naught so reluctant but lIu I In It must go RO All 11 omo somo examples more moro clearly cleL will show how I The nr first t thing he ho was wa 1111 the thc th head hend of ot Voltaire Which nil all iho 1110 wit that had ever been there thero As All n a he ho throw threw In III a t L torn scrap scra of ot a II Rat Itaf thC prayer of at the th e C penitent thief tilot I When tho thu skull t loft aloft with V wt Ith so o sudden a it spell pel That It bounced Uk n ball on 0 n the tho roof of or the ceil ce I One time lime ho put In Alexander the th Great me t With II a garment that Donas had made for a weight And though clad In II armor amor from sandals MantAi to 10 crown cowl The hero roue roo ro C up Ut lP and arnt tile the garmont went down downA A long row ro of ut almshouse amply 1 JI n I t lm hilY y nn anc proud roud loaded ono mo scale the other WAi vii prest pret rul 13 t those thoC II e mites miles the poor widow Into Uie chest tp VP tp flew lew the endowment el not weighting nn ni ounce And nd down dowil dOWl down dol I thu Ihu came cune elle with a I bounce By fly n further furl her experiments noi I n matter how ho hole He lie le found fount thai thaL ten chariots weighed less than one plow lowi A 4 sword wod with Ith gilt i trapping t ro rol up u tj In the thc scale Though balanced by 1 only OHl a 1 nail nailA nl A It shield a it I helmet a n buckler huckler amI spear pear lens IC I than a 1 widow n is I tear tearA A It lord lorl and II nl n ludy went w nl up i it at l full Cull tul rail 11 When a I lice chanced t to tn light en on el tho thi opposite scale Ten rn doctors doctor ten tell lawyers two W courtiers one ono earl carl carlTen Ten Tn wigs wig full of cC powder and curl All Al In II ono 01 balance and swinging from thence le leI s than a I tow few tOI grains of or candor sense ene eneA A first lut water diamond with begirt Than one good od potato just from Crom the dirt Yet Vet el not nol mountains of oC hel and gold goki Koll could suffice One pearl pea rl to oUI the pearl of ot great t price irIce Last 1111 nf ot all 11 the whole was os h In at lt the grate With the soul of ot a I beggar to tl servo for tor a I i weight When the former sprang up II with wih wt w so 8 strong a rebuff That It I made nindo a 1 vast aRL tent rent antI anil escaped ed at nt Urn tho roof When hen balanced 1110 In nit It It t amended a on high And Ani An up aloft n a I balloon ha loon in the sky k hll 1 While hI hIl the vale with lh the ou I In t so HO o mightily ml tell fell tel That It Jerld the tha philosopher out of oC his cell cel |