Moral Pieces, in Prose and Verse/Paraphrase of Cleopatra's Advice to Mark Anthony when Angling

by Lydia Sigourney

PARAPHRASE ON CLEOPATRA'S ADVICE TO MARK ANTHONY WHEN ANGLING.

"FIX not thine eyes upon that shallow brook,
"Nor lure the silly fishes to thy hook,
"Let cities, thrones, and empires be thine aim,
"And like a Roman get thyself a name."

Fix not thy hopes upon an airy dream,
Nor lose thy short line in this troubled stream;
But seek the nobler prize to virtue given,
And like a Christian fix thine eye on Heaven.