The angel wrote and vanished. The next night,

It came again with a great wakening light,

And showed the names whom Patriotism had blest,

And lo! Ben Dizzy’s name led all the rest.

Echoes from the Clubs. December, 1867.


The Blue.

Muggins of Sixes (may his ward increase)

Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,

And saw within the gaslight in the ward