C. S. CALVERLEY, Verses and Translations.
E premier soupir de l'amour est le dernier de la sagesse.
Charron, La Sagesse.
OR he himself has said it,
And it's greatly to his credit,
That he is an Englishman!
For he might have been a Roosian,
A French, or Turk, or Proosian,
Or perhaps Italian!
But in spite of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!
W. S. Gilbert, H.M.S. Pinafore.
ARON ALDERSON being asked by the chaplain of the High Sheriff at the assizes over which he was to preside, how long he would like him to preach, replied, "About half an hour, with a leaning to mercy."