NOTHING TO DO. [Illustration] NOTHING TO DO: A TILT AT OUR BEST SOCIETY. _To do nothing_ is to be a great part of your title. SHAKSPEARE. ILLUSTRATED. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY JAMES FRENCH & CO. 1857. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by JAMES FRENCH & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED BY HOBART & ROBBINS, New England Type and Stereotype Foundery, BOSTON. To WILLIAM A. BUTLER, ESQ., AUTHOR OF "NOTHING TO WEAR," This Poem IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. Nothing to Do. Augustus Fitz-Herbert, as all are aware, Having crossed the Atlantic, and got a moustache on, Likewise being son of a known millionaire, Stands of course on the very top round of the fashion. Being taught to consider himself, from his birth, As one of the privileged ones of the earth, He cherishes deep and befitting disdain For those who don't live in the Fifth Avenue, As entirely unworthy the notice or thought Of the heir of two millions and nothing to do. He calls them canaille, which I'm credibly told Is the only French word which he caught when away; And though, in my case, if I might be so bold, I should say it scarce paid one for half a year's stay, The heir of two millions and nothing to do, Who lives in a palace in Fifth Avenue, As a matter of course, is no fitting comparison For the heir of an inkstand and something to do, Who lodges up stairs, in the house of Miss Harrison.