Me he sits, until my reason nothing surely can restore,

I am driven mad, and reason nothing surely can restore;

While that Goose says, “Eat no more.”

Punch, January 1, 1881.

——:o:——

The College Craven.

Once when in the evening walking, with my darling softly talking,

Wandering by the shining river, as we’d often done before;

While the clear full moon was beaming, on the flowing waters gleaming,

And the little waves were streaming, streaming, rippling towards the shore