But the Satyrs of this day all Satyrs surpass,
With the shanks of a sheep and the head of an ass.
Gay With One Leg
The Marquis of Anglesey, who lost a leg at the battle of Waterloo in 1815, survived with an artificial substitute until 1854. Some amusing lines were written on his loss, which apparently did not affect him very much physically:
He now in England, just as gay
As in the battle brave,
Goes to the ball, review, or play,
With one foot in the grave.
“Never Cut Themselves”
Two lawyers, when a knotty case was o’er