I cannot tell what this love may b… That cometh to all but not to me. It cannot be kind as they’d imply, Or why do these gentle ladies sigh… It cannot be joy and rapture deep,

I often wonder whether you Think sometimes of that Bishop, w… From black but balmy Rum-ti-Foo Last summer twelvemonth came. Unto your mind I p’r’aps may brin…

The law is the true embodiment Of everything that’s excellent. It has no kind of fault or flaw, And I, my lords, embody the Law. The constitutional guardian I

The Sun, whose rays Are all ablaze With ever-living glory, Will not deny His majesty -

AN actor– GIBBS, of Drury Lane… Of very decent station, Once happened in a part to gain Excessive approbation: It sometimes turns a fellow’s brai…

“GENTLE, modest little flower, Sweet epitome of May, Love me but for half an hour, Love me, love me, little fay.” Sentences so fiercely flaming

Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray; Though I own that my heart has be… Of nature the laws I obey, For nature is constantly changing. The moon in her phases is found,

I go away this blessed day, To sail across the sea, MATILD… My vessel starts for various parts At twenty after three, MATILDA… I hardly know where we may go,

Whene’er I poke Sarcastic joke Replete with malice spiteful, The people vile Politely smile

Of all the youths I ever saw None were so wicked, vain, or sill… So lost to shame and Sabbath law, As worldly TOM, and BOB, and… For every Sabbath day they walked

I shipped, d’ye see, in a Revenue… And, off Cape Finisteere, A merchantman we see, A Frenchman, going free, So we made for the bold Mounseer,

STRIKE the concertina’s melanch… Blow the spirit-stirring harp like… Let the piano’s martial blast Rouse the Echoes of the Past, For of AGIB, PRINCE OF T…

When I, good friends, was called… I’d an appetite fresh and hearty, But I was, as many young barriste… An impecunious party. I’d a swallow—tail coat of a beaut…

An excellent soldier who’s worthy… Loves officers dashing and strict: When good, he’s content with escap… When naughty, he likes to be licke… He likes for a fault to be bullied…

DRAMATIS PERSONAE Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, an El… Alexis, of the Grenadier Guards—… Dr. Daly, Vicar of Ploverleigh John Wellington Wells, of J. W.…