The Comic Almanack, Volume 1 / An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities

by William Makepeace Thackeray; Gilbert Abbott À Beckett; Henry Mayhew; Horace Mayhew; Albert Smith

St. Swithin at his post.

CHESS.—"BLACK MOVES AND WINS."

Dozing in his easy chair,

Round his nose mosquitoes flitting,

Sweltering in the sunny air,

Was Nine-tail Joe of Kingston sitting.

Now Nine-tailed Joe loved cheerfulness,

And he chanced in a pleasant mood to be,

So he flogged his niggers, and played at chess,