Joy! Joy! my task I've done! and I, sweet Sire,
I'll sing no more. Books! cards! go on the shelf.
Sooner than strike my harp, I'll "strike" myself!
My holiday's begun. Accept my benison!
Signed Morris-Browning-Austin-Swinburne-Tennyson.
[1] "Lyre and slave! (strikes him.)"—Macbeth, Act v., sc. 5.
QUITE CHRISTMASSY.
"Dancing Dolls in Chancery.—The solicitors' table was cleared of papers, and the ballet-girl doll, having been wound up, commenced to dance on the table, to the amusement of a crowded court. Mr. Justice Kay watched the performance with evident interest, and when the dance was concluded the doll was handed up to him and carefully examined. He then handed it to the Registrar of the Court, with an injunction 'not to hurt it.'"
Daily News.
Sing a song of Justice