Which the foe were constantly firing.

Slowly and sadly we laid it down

That a poem, which is famed in story,

Be it writ in a book, be it carved on a stone,

Should be left there alone in its glory.

The Man in the Moon, Volume 3.


THE BURIAL OF THE BILLS.

(A Parody apropos to present circumstances, August, 1884.)

NOT a joke was heard, not a troublesome vote,