The Comic Magazine’s a serious thing!
The Comic Magazine, Volume 1. 1832.
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The Gambler.
The lamps refract the gleam of parting day,
The weary vulgar hail the friendly night,
The Gamester hies him to his darling play,
And leads the way to deeds that shun the light.
Now reigns a dreary stillness in each street,
And mortal feuds are hush’d in breathless calm,