The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
David Hume · en
│10│The boy who picks the arrows up, I shot right thro' │ Again │
│ │ the ear: │ │
│ │I'm sure he'd but himself to blame,—he stood so very │ │
│ │ near: │ │
│11│'Twas only just a hundred yards from where the target │ ☽ ♀ ♐ ♄ │
│ │ stood, │ │
│ │So how to help the hitting him would puzzle Robin │ │
│ │ Hood. │ │
│12│Altho' I'm sorry for the brat, I greatly pleas'd my │ who will │
│ │ spark, │ │
│ │Who thought me quite a heroine to shoot so near the │ │
│ │ mark. │ │
│13│So pr'ythee come, my dearest Coz, Diana's bow to draw,│deny, that │
│ │And join the gay Toxophilites who shoot at Beulah Spa.│ │
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│ │ │ ♏ ♉ │
│15│Whit-Monday. │Now madcap Mirth, with reckless air, │ │
│ │ │ Sports down gay Pleasure's tide; │ _Juniper_ │
│16│Whit-Tuesday.│With every care cast to the winds, │ │
│ │ │ And all his _Wits-untied_. │hath a more│
│17│ │ │
│ │ │ malignant │
│18│ │ │
│ │ │ influence │
│19│ [Illustration] │ │
│ │ │ than │
│20│ │ │
│ │ │_Jupiter?_ │
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│ │From Friars-Black and Chapel-White │ │
│22│ They rush to Greenwich Fair, │ ♅ ☉ ☊ ☽ │
│ │Each donkey-cart has its asses' load, │ │
│23│ Each chaise owns three a pair. │ │
│ │Some go by steam or sailing vessel, │ or, that, │
│24│Some by the _Elephant and Castle_. │ │
│ │ │ in the │
│25│The vent'rous see that famous hill, │ │
│ │ Renown'd for fate's decree, │olden times│
│26│That they who tarry at the top │ │
│ │ Shall soon the bottom see. │ of │
│ │ │ pugilism, │