And reconciles man to bad port!

From Snatches of Song, by F. B. Doveton. London.


The Griffin’s Lament.

(As sung by the Fleet Street Selkirk.)

I am Monarch of naught I survey;

E’en my site is a theme for dispute:

Every omnibus horse that I see,

As he passes me, says, “What a brute!”

Talk of dignity? What are its charms,