│ │ │ And to myself I thus did say: │ │ │14│dancing │If tradesmen, when their bills they bring,│ │ │ │ │ Would be contented with _half-pay_; │ ♊ ☿ ⚹ │ │15│shoes │I'd soar aloft on freedom's wing, │ │ │ │ │ Nor care a rush for TRANSFER DAY. │ renowned │ │16│nor │ │ │ │ │ │But needy men the needful need; │ │ │17│would │ So, spite of ringlets golden grey, │ │ │ │ │And eyes that squint, I'll take the hint, │ ☍ ☿ │ │18│I │ Nor throw the lucky chance away. │ │ │ │ │Full soon I found—ah! pleasing sound!— │predecessor,│ │19│for │ With wealth she could my love repay; │ │ │ │ │No longer mute, I urg'd my suit, │ │ │20│the │ Upon that very TRANSFER DAY. │ │ │ │ │ │ ♀ ♂ ☿ │ │21│world │I leave untold our courtship fond:— │ │ │ │ │ I made her Mrs. Major Cox; │ the great │ │22│be │And in return for Hymen's _bond_, │ │ │ │ │ She kindly placed me in the _stocks_. │ FRANCIS │ │23│seen │Her heart is good, her temper mild; │ │ │ │ │ She rules with more than _sov'reign_ │ MOORE, │ │ │ │ sway; │ │ │24│to │Nor have I thought myself beguil'd, │ │ │ │ │ Or once regretted TRANSFER DAY. │ =Defunct=, │ │25│trip │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │26│along │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ♊ ☌ ⊕ ♓ │ │27│in │ │ │ │ │ │ │which shoes,│ │28│light │ │ │ │ │ │ │by-the-bye, │ │29│nankeen. │ │ │ └──┴──────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘ _Humbuggum Ass-trologicum, pro Anno 1836._ _VOX MULTORUM, VOX STULTORUM: the Voice of the Many is the Voice of a Zany.—It brawleth at all Places and Seasons._ [Illustration] COURTEOUS READER, I DO herewith, present thee with an hieroglyphic, after the accustomed usage of my lamented precursor and prototype, FRANCIS MOORE, defunct. It prefigureth a mighty change now lying in the womb of futurity, and which doubtless will be brought forth in due season by the great man-midwife, Time.