Kind Patron of these knowing ones—
In thee we trace a kindred soul
Of honest Ikey Solomon's!
We leave you to your courses vile,
For conscience you have none, old Codger!
And in our next we'll trace in style,
The mug of Jack, the artful dodger."
FIELD LANE NEGOTIATIONS; OR, A SPECIMEN OF "FINE DRAWING."
The artistic merit of this poetry is nil, and my only excuse is the introduction of a forgotten sketch by a dead artist, who, in his day was popular and famous. Who, for instance, remembering Leech's pictures in Punch, would think that this illustration ever came from his pencil? but it did, and from Bell's Life in London; and so did another, of two children fighting in Chick Lane, whilst their parents, the father with a broken nose, and the mother with a black eye, look on approvingly.