THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
Ernest. "I see you are getting on, Foreman."
Foreman. "Yes, Sir; we shall have the Walls plastered to-morrow."
Agatha. "Oh, Ernest, don't let's have Plaster! You never see it now; everybody has Wall-papers, and you can get lovely ones quite Cheap!"
"BALLADE JOYEUSE."
(Not by Théodore de Banville.)
Though you're pent up in town
While you pant for the breeze