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

He first gave a leap, next a skip, next a run;

And then quietly halting, right under the snout

Of the swell who had summon'd him, pour'd himself out!

10. Quadruple Treaty ratified, 1840.

A LAMENT FOR BARTLEMY FAIR.

BY A SHOWMAN.

Oh! lawk; oh! dear; oh! crimeny me; what a downright sin and a shame,

To try to put down old Bartlemy Fair! I don't know who's to blame:

Whether it's the west-end nobs, or the city folks—confound 'em! I could cry with vexation;

But this I will say, if it's the latter, they ain't fit for their city-wation.