For the House is the only Heaven I know

Though they say I make it a Hell below,

Where I’ll play the lyre

And kindle its ire,

Till oblivion swallows the law defier.

From Blasts from Bradlaugh’s own Trumpet.
By Ion. London. Houlston & Sons.

——:o:——

OLD SONG.

Gently touch the warbling lyre,

Chloe seems inclin’d to rest;