It will never mould or lose its substance or colour. The large quantity will bear half as much beer for future use. If it thickens, thin it with beer.
I adopt the Italian ladies’ method of keeping the roving of a bit of silk stocking in the glass, which the pen moving, preserves the consistency of the liquid and keeps the fingers from it.
If you have seen better ink than this, I yield my pre-eminence.[4]
BLACKY.
SONG.
(For the Mirror.)
O pledge me not in sparkling wine,
In cups with roses bound;
O hail me at no festive shrine,