That never saw his face.
THE HIEROGLYPHIC DECIPHERED.
The letters V.P.W. scratched by some person on the brow of the statue of Napoleon while it lay on the ground beside the column, which were supposed to stand for the insulting words Vaincu par Wellington, have given great offence to the French. We have authority for contradicting this unjust explanation. The letters are the work of an ambitious Common Councilman of Portsoken Ward, who, wishing to associate himself with the great Napoleon, scratched on the bronze the initials of his name—V.P.W.—VILLIAM PAUL WENABLES.
SONGS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL.—NO. 3.
“O fly with me, lady, my gallant destrere
Is as true as the brand by my side;
Through flood and o’er moorland his master he’ll bear,
With the maiden he seeks for a bride.”
This, this was the theme of the troubadour’s lay,