Judy, September 25, 1872.
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In Punch, May 9, 1885, will be found a rather weak parody of “Tears, idle tears,” it is àpropos of the farewell performance of Adelina Patti, at San Francisco, and commences “Tears, maudlin tears.”
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General Gordon.
In reply to a letter from the poet Whittier respecting General Gordon, Lord Tennyson has written as follows—
“Dear Mr. Whittier,—Your request has been forwarded to me, and I herein send you an epitaph for Gordon in our Westminster Abbey—i.e. for his cenotaph:—
“‘Warrior of God, man’s friend, not here below
But somewhere dead far in the waste Soudan;
Thou livest in all hearts, for all men know