The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook

by Theodore Edward Hook

Despatches came sometimes, but then, but then,

Despatches came sometimes, but then

I handed them slyly

To Morpeth or Hiley,

And limp'd back to Brookes's again—'gain,

And limp'd back to Brookes's again.

If Ossulston call'd on me, then, oh then,

If Ossulston call'd on me then,

We stroll'd through the Park,

And the folks would remark,