King, what though Age's summons I obey,
Resigned to dull rheumatics and decay,
Still on one text my hearers I'll exhort,
As long as hearers within range will stay:
"Cricket in sooth is Sovran King of Sport."
"Royal Horse Guards.—Captain (acting Marquis) W.B. Marquis of Northampton resigns his commission."—Provincial Paper.
But retains, we trust, his acting rank.