Slowly and sadly I lay my pen down,
'Tis a mean and pitiful story;
God grant we mayn't have to carve on his stone,
"England left him alone in his glory."
GUINEA PIG.
THE FUNERAL OF ONE MORE VICTIM AT MONTE CARLO.
NOT a franc he had, not a louis nor note,
As forth from the tables he hurried;
Resolved to discharge one fatal shot,
And leave his corpse to be buried.