By the tinge of the parson’s red nose, that he dips,

With a smile of contentment, so oft in his wine,

How glorious to bask, and not open my lips,

Save to tell to the world how divinely I dine.

Every table, &c.

Diogenes, vol. 3, p. 200. 1854.


Clubs not Trumps.

I knew by the smoke that so heavily curled

From the roof of each club-house the Carlton was near;