Slowly and sadly they laid them down,

And they murmured the old, old story,

"We carved not a line, we raised not a stone,

But we MUST have a share in the glory!"

DARBY.

A MEMBER OF A DEFEATED CRICKET ELEVEN loq.

NOT a ball was missed, not a catch uncaught,

As the course 'tween the wickets we scurried;

Not a fielder but was a famous shot,