The Humourous Poetry of the English Language

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Or let me meet OLD TIME upon his flight,
And I will STOP HIM on his restless way;
Omnipotent in love's resistless might,
I'LL FORCE HIM BACK THE ROAD OF YESTERDAY.
Last night, as o'er the page of love's despair,
My Delia bent DELICIOUSLY to grieve,
I stood a TREACHEROUS LOITERER by her chair,
And drew the FATAL SCISSORS from my sleeve:
And would at that instant o'er my thread
The SHEARS OF ATROPOS had opened then;
And when I reft the lock from Delia's head,
Had cut me sudden from the sons of men!
She heard the scissors that fair lock divide,
And while my heart with transport parted big,
She cast a FURY frown on me, and cried,
"You stupid puppy--you have spoiled my wig!"
[Illustration: WILLIS]
THE BABY'S DEBUT.
[Footnote: "The author does not, in this instance, attempt to copy any
of the higher attributes of Mr. Wordsworth's poetry; but has succeeded
perfectly in the imitation of his mawkish affectations of childish
simplicity and nursery stammering. We hope it will make him ashamed of
his ALICE FELL, and the greater part of his last volumes--of which it
is by no means a parody, but a very fair, and indeed we think a
flattering, imitation."--Edinburg Review.]
A BURLESQUE IMITATION OF WORDSWORTH.--REJECTED ADDRESSES
JAMES SMITH.
Spoken in the character of Nancy Lake, a girl eight years of age, who
is drawn upon the stage in a child's chaise by Samuel Hughes, her
uncle's porter.