In an opposite direction,

And his back was turned upon them.

Odd Echoes from Oxford, by A. Merion, B.A.

J. C. Hotten, 1872.


THE SONG OF NICOTINE.

Should you ask me why this meerschaum,

Why these clay-pipes and churchwardens,

With the odours of tobacco,

With the oil and fume of "mixture,"