And, one comfort, it’s not very long,
But strong:
If for widows you die,
Learn to kiss, not to sigh,
For they’re all like sweet Mistress Malone,
Ohone!
Oh! they’re very like Mistress Malone!
Charles Lever.
THE PAUPER’S DRIVE
THERE’S a grim one-horse hearse in a jolly round trot;