Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, Jubilee Issue, July 18, 1891

My Reminiscences! said Mr. Punch , replying to a question put by his Interviewer, ANNO DOMINI EIGHTEEN-NINETY-ONE; They are already before the World, in exactly One Hundred Volumes! My first 'Number' bore date 'for the week ending July 17th, 1841. My memory is indeed stored with recollections, pleasant, picturesque, pathetic, of the teeming past, memories of my joyous 'Table,' of my well-beloved 'Young Men,' of Great Names, of Genial Comrades, of Bright Wits, of Warm Hearts, of Famous Artists, of Clever Writers, who—in the words of the greatest of them all—
'Perched round the stem
Of the jolly old tree.'
How well the words of the wise wit written in 1847 express our thoughts to-day, Mr. ANNO DOMINI:—
'Here let us sport
Boys, as we sit,
Laughter and wit
Flashing so free.
Life is but short—
When we are gone,
Let them sing on