The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 / 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

The first of all Wiands and Wictuals is mine—

Rich in Wen'zon and Weal, but deficient in Vine.

To Wanity given, I in Welwets abound;

But in Voman, in Vife, and in Vidow an't found;

Yet, conspicuous in Wirgins! And I'll tell you, between us,

To persons of taste I'm a bit of a Wenus;

Yet none take me for Veal—or for Voe in its stead,

For I ranks not among the s-veet Voo'd Vun and Ved.

"I SEE I MUST GIVE IT UP."