Stoop to our hand, and thence repleted soar:

But, of all hopes the wanderer’s soul that share,

His pristine peace of mind’s his final prayer.

From Scribner’s Monthly, May, 1881.

——:o:——

A Brand-New Song,

(After Goldsmith.)

(On the Speaker of the House of Commons,

Sir H. B. W. Brand, having his pocket picked of his watch

at the Folly Theatre.)