So please give me a Penny, Sir!
Please give me a Penny, Sir!
'Tis heard on every side,
Muttered by poverty's pinched lip,
Silent so long--from pride.
Ah! listen to their pleadings, Sir,
And pity the true poor,
Whose life is one long fight to keep
The wolf from the house-door.
Oh, please give me a Penny, Sir!
* * * * *
"ROOSE IN URBE."--Dr. ROBSON ROOSE has returned to town after a trip to
Madeira.
* * * * *
"SWEET STRIFE."
_By an Unionist M.P._
When PARNELL's mocked by HEALY,
In strident voice and squealy;
When HEALY'S snubbed by PARNELL,
In voice as from the charnel--
I understand the windy
Wild charm of WAGNER'S shindy.
Discord _may_ be melodious,
When Harmony sounds odious;
Than _Israfel_ more dear is
Old Erin's latest _Eris!_
* * * * *
THE _IN_-KERRECT KERR.
IT was once said that Pianos may now be had on "MOORE and MOORE" easy terms
every day. Mrs. WALTER found that those "easy terms" involved such
pleasures as returning the instrument she had paid many instalments on,
getting an order from the masterful Mr.
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