Oh! cast him off, lest he should tumble o’er.
Punch. 1846.
The Begging Impostor’s Petition.
Pity the sorrows of a poor old man
Whose bandaged limbs have brought him to your door,
Who rolls his eyeballs on a famous plan
Which he has practised for a month or more.
This studied shake paralysis bespeaks—
This shred of onion makes the best of tears;