I trust to dumb forgetfulness a prey

This smoky city soon will be resigned,

That for a season I may pass away,

Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind.

Funny Folks. August 12, 1876.

——:o:——

Elegy.
Written in a Country Rink.

The church clock strikes the knell of parting day,

And all the world is going home to tea,

The skater homewards takes his weary way,