Harrow—for years—has beaten;
And—I've been howling till I'm hoarse
To see 'em—licked by Eton!!!
Hooray!!!
THE MOAN OF THE MINOR POET.
This (says Mr. James Payn) is what Tom Hood wrote about the treatment meted out to the Minor Poet in his time:—
"What is a Modern Poet's fate?
To write his thoughts upon a slate—
The critic spits on what is done,