Dog-grel Verses 487 “Up the Rhine” 490 The Comet 491 More Hullah-Baloo 493 There’s no Romance in that 499 The Painter Puzzled 502 A True Story 504 The Logicians 510 Little O’P. 513 The Assistant Draper’s Petition 514 Symptoms of Ossification 516 A Custom-House Breeze 517 [Illustration] [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Arthur’s Seat. Fancy Portrait--Mrs. Trimmer. Faults on Both Sides. Son and Hair. The Bottle Imp. Overtaker and Undertaker. See View--Broad Stairs. A Public Dinner. Death’s Door. Fanny. Dog-Berry. The Judgment of Solomon. Accustomed to the care of Children. A Hard Roe. A Child’s Call to be disposed of. The Duke of Well---- and Prince of Water----. High and Low Born. Violinist. Sea Consumption--waisting away. Due at Michaelmas. A Minor Cannon. The Top of his Profession. Love and a Cottage. The Judges of A-size. A Total Eclipse of the Son. Palmam qui Meruit Ferat. War Dance--The Opening of the Ball. The Buoy at the Nore. The Ides of March are come. The Bath Guide. The Isle of Man. A Day’s Sport on the Moors. Barrister on Circuit. Finding a May’r’s Nest. I wish you may get it. The Box Seat. Does your Mother know you’re out? To Ladies’s Eyes a round, Boys. Wether Wise. The Widow’s Mite. A Plaster Cast. A Strange Bird. Crane-iology. James’s Powder. Joining in a Catch. Single Blessedness. Long Commons and Short Commons. The Last Cut. [Illustration] HOOD’S POETICAL WORKS. COMIC. REPLY TO A PASTORAL POET. Tell us not of bygone days! Tell us not of forward times! What’s the future--what’s the past-- Save to fashion rhymes? Show us that the corn doth thrive! Show us there’s no wintry weather! Show us we may laugh and live-- (Those who love--together.) Senses have we for sweet blossoms-- Eyes, which could admire the sun-- Passions blazing in our bosoms-- Hearts, that may be won! But Labour doth for ever press us, And Famine grins upon our board; And none will help us, none will bless us, With one gentle word!