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The Duke of WELLINGTON never could persuade GEORGE THE FOURTH that he was not present at Waterloo. One day his MAJESTY, talking over the table, said to his Grace, "I perfectly well remember your crying to the Grenadiers, 'Up, Guards, and at them!'" "Yes, Sire," replied the Duke, "so I have been told before." The King smiled at the jest, but never forgave the carefully-concealed sarcasm. * * * * * REFUGE FOR EGOTISTS.--"The Eye Hospital." The Specialist who attends should be Member for Eye. * * * * * ODE TO SAPONACEA. Who claims my strongest missing noun, When sheets as soft and white as down, Return in colour yellowy-brown? My Laundress! Who by her science can convert My best and most expensive shirt Into a miracle of dirt? My Laundress! Who, when my collars come back frayed, Receives my protests undismayed, And merely wishes to be paid? My Laundress! Who spite of warnings that one gives, Turns cambric kerchiefs into sieves, Or ragged trellis-work--and lives! My Laundress! Who at the wash-tub, truth to tell, Is partly fraud and partly sell, Yet does her "mangling" very well? My Laundress! [Illustration] * * * * * THE POET'S LOVE. My Lady's name I cannot state, At different times I greet her As CHLOE, AMARYLLIS, KATE, According to the metre; I've called her MABEL many a time,-- A name which leads itself to rhyme. My Lady's hair is sometimes black To match her sable dresses, At others falls about her back In glorious auburn tresses, Yet do not take me to imply She's given to the use of dye. I like her when she's sweet and small, The daintiest of flowers, I love her when, divinely tall, Above the rest she towers; And yet, as second thoughts suggest, Perhaps a golden mean were best. Sometimes, a simple rustic maid, She strays through meadows green, Sometimes her beauty is displayed In glittering ball-room scene; More recently I've thought upon Creating her a lady-Don. This peerless girl of whom I speak I ever worship blindly And sing her praises once a week, If editors are kindly; Alas, this paragon, I own, Exists within my vers
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