Our reply is—TOLSTOI! JACKSON!"

HYMEN dropped his torch; its splutter

Was extinguished in the gutter.

"At my torch and crown of roses

These young minxes cock their noses.

Who'll buy my love-knots?

Who'll buy my love-knots?"

What's the use? 'Twixt Law and Passion,

HYMEN's plainly out of fashion!

LOVE, who saw the whole proceeding,