A perfect Oracle—nobly planned,

To scold, to scathe, and to command.

And yet with an admixture slight

Of blague and bounce, and blatherumskite!

Punch. June 5, 1886.

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Dusty Bob.

A Parody upon the style of Wordsworth, one of the Lake Poets, and author of “The Oxford Street Fiddler,” &c.

See where old Bob the Dustman stands,

With dirty face and dirtier hands,