CHANGE OF MINISTRY. As human fashions change about, The reign of Fools should now begin, The Naturals are coming in. A PIG IN A POKE. A LORD bought of late an outlandish estate, COMPOSED ON READING A DIARY. THAT flesh is grass is now as clear as day, Death cuts it down, and then, to make her hay, THE PURSUIT OF LETTERS. THE Germans for Learning enjoy great repute; C. A REFLECTION. WHEN Eve upon the first of Men The apple press'd with specious cant, That Adam was not Adamant ! Q LAYING THE DUST. AFTER such years of dissension and strife, ON LIEUTENANT EYRE'S NARRATIVE OF THE DISASTERS AT CABUL. A SORRY tale, of sorry plans, Which this conclusion grants, That Affghan clans had all the Khans And we had all the cant's. THE SUPERIORITY OF MACHINERY. A MECHANIC his labour will often discard If the rate of his pay he dislikes ; But a clock-and its case is uncommonly hard- PARTY SPIRIT. "WHY did you not dine,” said a Lord to a Wit, LORD B 'TIS said of Lord B., none is keener than he To spit a Wild Boar with éclât; But he never gets near to the Brute with his spear, TRAITORS' AIMS. THREE traitors, Oxford-Francis-Bean, And may all shots against the Queen, For why, I mean no turn of wit, But seriously insist, That if Her Majesty were hit, No one would be so miss'd. ON A CERTAIN LOCALITY. Of public changes, good or ill, I seldom lead the mooters, But really Constitution Hill Should change its name with Shooter's! ON THE ART-UNIONS. THAT Picture-Raffles will conduce to nourish Design, or cause good colouring to flourish, Admits of logic-chopping and wise sawing, But surely Lotteries encourage Drawing! A MORNING THOUGHT. No more, no more will I resign With larks appointments one may fix To greet the dawning skies, ON A CERTAIN EQUESTRIAN STATUE AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. WHOEVER has looked upon Wellington's breast, ON A DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT OF A LADY. YES, there are her features! her brow, and her hair, Her nose, and her mouth, with the smile that is there, Yet why should she borrow such aid of the skies, Her own lovely face, and the light of her eyes, SUGGESTIONS BY STEAM. WHEN Woman is in rags and poor, And sorrow, cold, and hunger tease her, If man would only listen more To that small voice that crieth-" Ease her!" Without the guidance of a friend, Though legal sharks and screws attack her, If man would only more attend To that small voice that crieth-" Back her!" So oft it would not be his fate To witness some despairing dropper In Thames's tide, and run too late To that small voice that crieth-"Stop her!" PUNISHMENT OF SUICIDES. WHEN would-be Suicides in purpose fail, Who could not find a morsel though they needed- ATHOL BROSE. CHARM'D with a drink which Highlanders compose, ON THE DEPRECIATED MONEY. THEY may talk of the plugging and sweating, But to me it produces no fretting Of its shortness of weight to be told : All the sov'reigns I'm able to levy As to lightness can never be wrong, But must surely be some of the heavy, For I never can carry them long. ON MRS. PARKES'S PAMPHLET. SUCH strictures as these Only read on some fine afternoon, "We shall have an Eclipse, For a Dragon has seized on the Moon!" |