Poor patriots perish, persecution's pest! Again attract; arts against arms appeal. Et cetera, et cetera, et ceterae. Unknown. THE HAPPY MAN LA GALISSE now I wish to touch; I'm sure the song will please you much; La Galisse was, indeed, I grant, When he was born; but could not want Instructed with the greatest care, He always was well bred, But when 'twas on his head. His temper was exceeding good, The Happy Man His mind was on devotion bent; The day before Good Friday. He liked good claret very well, He thought it best to drink it. Than doctors more he loved the cook, And never any physic took But when he took a dose. Oh, happy, happy is the swain Bright as the sun his flowing hair And no one could with him compare, His talents I cannot rehearse, That whatsoe'er he wrote in verse, He argued with precision nice, His powerful logic would surprise, He proved that dimness of the eyes 815 They liked him much-so it appears Most plainly-who preferred him; He was not always right, 'tis true, Whene'er a tender tear he shed, In tilting everybody knew Yet no opponents he o'erthrew But those that he knocked down. At last they smote him in the head,- And when they saw that he was dead, And when at last he lost his breath, For that sad day that sealed his death Gilles Ménage. THE BELLS OH, it's H-A-P-P-Y I am, and it's F-R-double-E, And it's G-L-O-R-Y to know that I'm S-A-V-E-D. Once I was B-O-U-N-D by the chains of S-I-N And it's L-U-C-K-Y I am that all is well again. A Bachelor's Mono-Rhyme Oh, the bells of Hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling The bells of Heaven go sing-a-ling-a-ling Oh, Death, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling No Ting-a-ling-a-ling, no sting-a-ling-a-ling 817 Unknown. TAKINGS He took her fancy when he came, He took to come of afternoons, He took an oath he'd ne'er deceive, Thomas Hood, Jr. A BACHELOR'S MONO-RHYME Do you think I'd marry a woman What a figure she'd make, if I'd let her, Who has not a thought in her head Where thoughts are expected to grow, Except of trumpery scandals Too small for a man to know? Do you think I'd wed with that, That fortune will bestow! So, pretty one, idle one, stupid one! To-day, nor yet to-morrow, No, no! decidedly no! Charles Mackay. THE ART OF BOOK-KEEPING How hard, when those who do not wish Who call and take some favourite tome, They thus complete their set at home, Behold the bookshelf of a dunce Who borrows-never lends; New tales and novels you may shut From view-'tis all in vain; They're gone-and though the leaves are For pamphlets lent I look around, For tracts my tears are spilt; But when they take a book that's bound, 'Tis surely extra guilt. "cut" |