Don't call him a bygone—of Bacon I swear,
It's more proper to class him among the has-beans.
19. Queen Victoria's Accession.
As once our Queen succeeded to the throne,
Setting her people all to merry-makings;
So may she not succeed to that alone,
But eke succeed in all her undertakings!
AN UNDERTAKER.
Pray, sir, what has been your largest undertaking in life?
Why, I once took ten shillings in the pound on a debt of ten thousand, and that was the largest undertaking I ever had.