They picked my "Locke," to me far more Without a "Home" on earth. If once a book you let them lift, For though I caught them stealing "Swift," "Hope" is not now upon my shelf, Where late he stood elated; But, what is strange, my "Pope " himself My little "Suckling" in the grave Even "Glover's" works I cannot put Though ever since I lost my "Foote," My "Hoyle" with "Cotton" went; oppressed, I "Prior," sought, but could not see And when I turned to hunt for "Lee," I tried to laugh, old care to tickle, The Art of Book-Keeping 'Tis quite enough my griefs to feed, My sorrows to excuse, To think I cannot read my "Reid," To "West," to "South," I turn my head, For since my "Roger Ascham's" fled, They took my 66 Horne "-and "Horne Tooke" too, I feel when I would "Hazlitt" view, The flames that it has lit. My word's worth little, "Wordsworth" gone, If I survive its doom; How many a bard I doted on Was swept off-with my "Broome." My classics would not quiet lie, My life is wasting fast away- I'm far from young-am growing pale I see my "Butter" fly; And when they ask about my ail, "Tis "Burton" I reply. They still have made me slight returns, And thus my griefs divide; For oh! they've cured me of my "Burns," 821 But all I think I shall not say, Nor let my anger burn; For as they never found me "Gay," They have not left me "Sterne." Laman Blanchard. AN INVITATION TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS BY A STUTTERING LOVER I HAVE found out a gig-gig-gift for my fuf-fuf-fair, I know where the co-co-cockatoo's song Makes mum-mum-melody through the sweet vale; Where the mum-monkeys gig-gig-grin all the day long, Or gracefully swing by the tit-tit-tit-tail. You shall pip-play, dear, some did-did-delicate joke With the bub-bub-bear on the tit-tit-top of his pip-pip-pippole; But observe, 'tis forbidden to pip-pip-poke At the bub-bub-bear with your pip-pip-pink pip-pip-pippip-parasol! You shall see the huge elephant pip-pip-play, You shall gig-gig-gaze on the stit-stit-stately raccoon; And then, did-did-dear, together we'll stray To the cage of the bub-bub-blue-faced bab-bab-boon. You wished (I r-r-remember it well, And I lul-lul-loved you the m-m-more for the wish) To witness the bub-bub-beautiful pip-pip-pel ican swallow the 1-1-live little fuf-fuf-fish! Unknown. A Nocturnal Sketch A NOCTURNAL SKETCH EVEN is come; and from the dark Park, hark, Now thieves to enter for your cash, smash, crash, Now Bulls of Bashan, of a prize size, rise But Nursemaid, in a nightmare rest, chest-pressed, 823 And that she hears-what faith is man's!-Ann's banns White ribbons flourish, and a stout shout out, Thomas Hood. LOVELILTS THINE eyes, dear one, dot dot, are like, dash, what? My sin-swamped soul which at thy feet sobs out, Ah, had I words, blank blank, which, dot, I've not, I'd swoon in songs which should'st illume the dark With light of thee. Ah, God (it's strong to swear) Why, why, interrogation mark, why, mark? Dot dot dot dot. And so, dash, yet, but nay! My tongue takes pause; some words must not be said, For fear the world, cold hyphen-eyed, austere, Should'st shake thee by the throat till reason fled. One hour of love we've had. Dost thou recall The night was ours, blue heaven over all Dash, God! dot stars, keep thou our secret dark! Marion Hill. JOCOSA LYRA IN our hearts is the Great One of Avon Engraven, And we climb the cold summits once built on But at times not the air that is rarest And we long in the valley to follow Apollo. Then we drop from the heights atmospheric Or we pour the Greek honey, grown blander, |