Than be the death of twenty. Burns.

Not Conclusive

Dr. Donne’s punning epigram, remarks Leigh Hunt, is false in its conclusion:

“I am unable,” yonder beggar cries,

“To stand or go.” If he says true, he lies.

No, because he may lean, or be held up.

Appropriate Petition

The following verses were written upon the occasion of the conference of knighthood upon Sir Fielding Ould, the second master of the Dublin Lying-in Hospital:

Sir Fielding Ould is made a knight,

He should have been a Lord by right;