Libel Case!
_The Daily Howl_ had said that he--
But could not prove it perfectly
To Judge or Jury's satisfaction:
His Lordship, therefore,

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won the action.
But, as the damages were small,

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He gave them to a Hospital.

Lord Heygate

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LORD HEYGATE had a troubled face,
His furniture was commonplace--
The sort of Peer who well might pass
For someone of the middle class.
I do not think you want to hear
About this unimportant Peer,
So let us leave him to discourse
About LORD EPSOM and his horse.

Lord Epsom

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A Horse, Lord Epsom did bestride
With mastery and quiet pride.
He dug his spurs into its hide.

The Horse,

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discerning it was pricked,
Incontinently

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bucked and kicked,
A thing that no one could predict!

Lord Epsom clearly understood
The High-bred creature's nervous mood,

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As only such a horseman could.
Dismounting,

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he was heard to say
That it was kinder to delay
His pleasure to a future day

* * * * *

He had the Hunter led away.

Lord Finchley

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Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light
Himself.

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It struck him dead: And serve him right!
It is the business of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan.

Lord Ali-Baba

Lord Ali-Baba was a Turk
Who hated every kind of work,
And would repose for hours at ease
With

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Houris seated on his knees.
A happy life!--Until, one day

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Mossoo Alphonse Effendi Bey
(A Younger Turk: the very cream
And essence of the New Regime)
Dispelled this Oriental dream
By granting him a place at Court,
High Coffee-grinder to the Porte,
Unpaid:--

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In which exalted Post
His Lordship yielded up the ghost.

Lord Hippo

Lord Hippo suffered fearful loss

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By putting money on a horse
Which he believed, if it were pressed,
Would run far faster than the rest:
For
someone who was in the know

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Had confidently told him so.

But

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on the morning of the race
It only took

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the _seventh_ place!

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