Dull humdrum murmurs lull, but hubbub stuns.
Lucullus snuffs no musk, mundungus shuns.
Puss purrs, buds burst, bucks butt, luck turns up trumps;
But full cups, hurtful, spur up unjust thumps.
A young English lady, on observing a gentleman’s lane newly planted with lilacs, made this neat impromptu:—
Let lovely lilacs line Lee’s lonely lane.
ALPHABETICAL ALLITERATION.
THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE.
An Austrian army, awfully arrayed,