The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

by W. S. Gilbert

the plate, and she liked to see them stand out rather

conspicuously against the commonplace half-crowns

and shillings,

So he took her to all the charity sermons, and if by any

extraordinary chance there wasn't a charity sermon

anywhere, he would drop a couple of sovereigns (one

for him and one for her) into the poor-box at the

door;

And as he always deducted the sums thus given in charity