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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893 By: Various |
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 104.
March 4, 1893.
A BALLAD OF WEALTHY WOOING. Ah, why, my Love, receive me
With such tip tilted scorn?
Self love can scarce retrieve me
From obloquy forlorn;
'Twas not my fault, believe me,
That wealthy I was born.
Of Nature's gifts invidious
I'd choose I know not which;
One might as well be hideous
As shunn'd because he's rich.
O Love, if thou art bitter,
Then death must pleasant be;
I know not which is fitter,
Not I (or is't "not me"?) 'Tis not that thou abhorrest,
Oh, maid of dainty mould!
The foison of the florist,
The goldsmith's craft of gold;
Nor less than others storest
Rare pelts by furriers sold;
But knowing I adore thee,
And deem all graces thine,
My choicest offerings bore
Just because they are mine.
Then, smile not, dear deceiver,
Keep no kind word for me,
Enough that the receiver
Is thou (or is it "thee"?) When others come, how trimly
Thou sett'st thy chatty sail!
For me alone all dimly
Seemeth the sun to fail.
Young FRANK he frowneth grimly,
And thou turn'st haughty pale.
'Tis not the taint of "City,"
For here be scores who sport
Their Mayfair manners pretty
In Cop the Needle Court.
Ah, chill me not so coolly,
A Croesus though I be
The one who loveth truly
I swear is I (or "me"?) But what availeth grammar
As taught in straitest schools
The hammer of the Crammer
Forging Bellona's tools
Or words that humbly stammer
Regardless of the rules?
And what availeth fretting,
Deep sighs, and dwindling waist,
And what the sad forgetting
Of culinary taste,
Since still thou fondly spurnest
Five hundred thou. (or "thee."?)
And on young STONEY turnest
Love's eye (or is it "me"?) SAD CONCLUSION. To be virtuous for virtue's sake, without prospect of
reward, this is to be good for nothing! [Illustration: BYE ELECTION OLOGY. Gladys. "LISTEN, SIBYL. PAPA HAS WON A GREAT MORAL VICTORY WHAT DOES A
MORAL VICTORY MEAN EXACTLY?" Sibyl ( who has had more experience ). "OH, IT MEANS WELL, THAT WE ARE
TO BE THE VICTIMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND NOT GO TO LONDON, AFTER ALL!"] INDERWICKEDNESS. "I do not wish to make a joke," Mr. INDERWICK, Q.C., is reported to have
observed in the course of examining the plaintiff in a divorce case, but,
in spite of this pathetic announcement, which passed without any comment
from the Judge, the ruling passion was too strong for him, and he
continued, "but Artists' models are not always models of virtue, are they?"
Not new, not by any means new, of course, but he had apologised beforehand,
and he couldn't help it; as the weak heroine, who yields to strong
temptation in a French novel or play, usually acknowledges " C'était plus
fort que moi ." The inflammable materials being in close contact, there was
nothing to 'inder wick from catching fire when in proximity to a spark of
genius. Yet so powerfully had the eminent Queen's Counsel's prefatial
apology affected the court and the audience, that his saucy sally (for
there is life in the old sally yet, whether in our alley or in this
Court) was not followed by the usually reported "laughter." How was it
received? Doubtless with decorous silence and downcast eyes, expressive of
sweet memories of dear old jokes made long ago, in happier and brighter
times, "when all the world was young." When a good old joke is again brought into Court with or without apology,
instead of its being received with respectful silence, we should like to
read that it was greeted with "tears" or "sobs... Continue reading book >>
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