With neither hand nor heart;

To Hymen vow'd, and not allow'd

To flirt e'en with your fan,

Here end, as just a friend, I must—

I'm not a single man.

[THE SUPPER SUPERSTITION.]

A PATHETIC BALLAD.

"Oh flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!"—MERCUTIO

I.

'Twas twelve o'clock by Chelsea chimes,