IS done; I yield; adieu, thou cruel fair!
Adieu, th' averted face, th' ungracious cheek!
I go to die, to finish all my care,
To hang—to hang?—yes, round another's neck.
Leigh Hunt (from the French).
ISHOP (reproving delinquent Page). "Wretched boy! Who is it that sees and hears all we do, and before whom even I am but as a crushed worm?"
Page. "The Missus, my Lord!"
Punch.
ON DRUNKEN COURAGE.
HO only in his cups will fight is like
A clock that must be oil'd well ere it strikes.
Thomas Bancroft (circa 1600).
