Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke / Including an Almanack for Any Two Years (True Love Ought to Last That Long)

by John Cecil Clay; Oliver Herford

THE WATER-MAN

When I consider how I spent my days,

And mind me of the reckless race I ran,

I am resolved that I will mend my ways,

And swear henceforth to be a Water-man.

CUPID’S FORECAST
JANUARY

General depression, caused by Brain-storms of December. This is succeeded by a wave of Good Resolutions, accompanied by a general downpour of Ice Water. The cold wave may be counted upon to pass quickly, being followed by brighter days and a Rising Glass.