THE DUKE IS THE LAD. Air.-"A master I have, and I am his man, Galloping dreary dun." Castle of Andalusia, THE Duke is the lad to frighten a lass, Galloping, dreary duke; The Duke is the lad to frighten a lass, Galloping, dreary Duke. Ye misses, beware of the neighbourhood In being run o'er by a Prince of the Blood. And of the married, Having dwelt on such classical musings awhile, And therefore, per next, I'll describe it more fully.) Having heard, on the way, what distresses me greatly, That England's o'er-run by idolaters lately, That, just as, of old, your great idol, Apollo, "Tis all but too true- grim Idolatry reigns, Some calm, holy spot, fit for Christians to pray on, A grand, pillar'd temple, with niches and halls,* Full of idols and gods, which they nickname St. Paul's; Though 'tis clearly the place where the idolatrons Father Nile, too, said, That no mortal e'er yet got a glimpse of his head,') And a Ganges, which India would think somewhat fat for't, — a portrait, (in spite of what's Unless 'twas some full-grown Director had sat for't; Not to mention the' et cæteras of Genii and Sphinxes, Fame, Victory, and other such semi-clad minxes;Sea Captains, the idols here most idolised; And of whom some, alas, might too well be comprised Among ready-made Saints, as they died cannonised; With a multitude more of odd cockneyfied deities, Shrined in such pomp that quite shocking to see it 'tis; Leaguing with Kings, who, for mere recreation, Break promises, fast as your Lordship breaks metaphors. Fare ye well, fare ye well, bright pair of Peers, And may Cupid and Fame fan you both with their pinions! The one, the best lover we have-of his years, And the other, Prime Statesman of Britain's dominions. cious transactions took place - we should read “at Vienna.” "When weak women go astray, 5 The stars are more in fault than they." 6 It is thus the noble lord pronounces the word “knowledge". deriving it, as far as his own share is concerned, from the Latin, "nullus." TO THE SHIP IN WHICH LORD C-ST-R-GH SAILED FOR THE CONTINENT. Imitated from Horace, lib. i. ode 3. So may my Lady's prayers prevail,1 From Eolus, that older Bags,2 And, therefore, quarter of a King (As Van, or any other calf, May find, without much figuring). Waft him, oh ye kindly breezes, Waft this Lord of place and pelf, Anywhere his Lordship pleases, Though 'twere to Old Nick himself! When each, in turn, had run their rigs, When these, in turn, were put to flight, too, Illustrious T-MP-E flew away With lots of pens he had no right to! 12 In short, what will not mortal man do?" SKETCH OF THE FIRST ACT OF A "AND now," quoth the goddess, in accents jocose, "So now for the' ingredients:-first, hand me that bishop;" Whereon, a whole bevy of imps run to fish up, From out a large reservoir, wherein they pen 'em, The blackest of all its black dabblers in venom; And wrapping him up (lest the virus should ocze, And one "drop of the' immortal "" Right Rev.“ they might lose) In the sheets of his own speeches, charges, reviews, Pop him into the caldron, while loudly a burst From the by-standers welcomes ingredient the first! But, no-the wise hag wouldn't hear of the Not merely because, as a shrew, he eclips'd her, He'd not even to mischief keep properly steady; To say nothing of all the wonders done When, standing as if the gods to invoke, he Though strange these things, to mind and sense, Just With the friendly beckon tow'rds Downing Street, Thus acted upon, above himself; - These effects observe (with which I begin), And, for want of a change, he must swerve to the It has work'd in the man a transformation right; While, on each, so at random his missiles he threw, That puzzles all human calculation! Ever since the fatal day which saw This wondrous change by outward survey; That's turn'd completely topsy-turvy:- ANIMAL MAGNETISM. THOUGH fam'd was Mesmer, in his day, The name of the heroine of the performances at the North London Hospital. The technical term for the movements of the magnetiser's hand. 3 Omnes ferè internas corporis partes inverso ordine sitas. Act. Erudit. 1690. |