Sith of Life’s arches bloom hath shortest span,
We will give up our mediæval man,
And meet you half way in the water wan.
The Editors.
Alas! the maidens have removed their ban,
We, vex’d with verses vile, e’en when they scan,
Shall very soon be as the water wan.
Anonymous.
Once a Week. February 20, 1869.