Rope-dancers a score, I’ve seen before—

Madame Sacchi, Antonio, and Master Black-more;

But to see a man swing, at the end of a string,

With his neck in a noose, will be quite a new thing.”

*  *  *  *  *

R. H. Barham.


The Frolics of Boreas.

Old Boreas sprung up one day—says he,

Blow me tight, but I’ll have a spree—