That clay must ne’er be dry,
Lest into crumbling dust ’tis brought
So, fill the Tankard high!
C. H. Waring.
From Hood’s Comic Annual. 1885.
The author of the above parody, Mr.C. H. Waring, is a frequent contributor to Fun, and other humorous periodicals. He was formerly associated with George Cruikshank in several literary ventures. The amusing parody on Lord Tennyson’s Revenge entitled “Retribution,” on page 42, Volume I. Parodies, was also from his pen.
A Frugal Mind.
Champagne will not a dinner make,
Nor Caviare a meal: