Or the arm of a friend should the stout villain meet,

One blink of true love lays him dead at your feet.

Then fill up a glass to the absent and dear—

May their lives be serene as their breasts are sincere;

And to crown our true bliss, let us give, ere we part—

May we have in our arms whom we love in our heart.

London Weekly Review.


THE SKETCH-BOOK.

No. XLVII.