The Colonel. "Anyone may miss the tide or get stuck upon a mud-bank; but to lose the matches and forget the whisky is to prove yourself unworthy of the name of 'yachtsman'!"
RHYMES OF THE UNDERGROUND.
I.
I never heard of Ruislip, I never saw its name,
Till Underground advertisements had brought it into fame;
I've never been to Ruislip, I never yet have heard
The true pronunciation of so singular a word.
I'd like to go to Ruislip; I'd like to feast my eyes