That fish, after all, is but gruesome fare.

“Oh, to-morrow will be Friday, so we’ll warm our souls to-day!

Oh, to-morrow will be Friday, so we’ll warm our souls to-day!

Benedicite!”

Frederick Edward Weatherly.

A BIRD IN THE HAND

THERE were three young maids of Lee;

They were fair as fair can be,

And they had lovers three times three,

For they were fair as fair can be,