The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
David Hume · en
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│ NOVEMBER. │[Illustration]│
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│ │The night comes on, when, braving civic law, │ │
│ │The little savage burns his man of straw; │ │
│ │Admires the hero as the crackers fly, │ │
│ │And _fires_, to emulate the glorious Guy. │ │
│ │With artless art he plans his victim's fall, │ │
│ │Some apple-woman dozing at her stall, │ │
│ │Who, waking, cries—half conscious of the fray— │ │
│ │"How very _odd_ my _pairs_ is blow'd away!" │ │
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│D.│ =Great Events and Odd Matters.= │ _Prognosti- │
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│ │ALL SAINTS. Duke of Cumberland, Lord Lyndhurst, │ │
│ 1│ Lord Melbourne, Crockford, Joseph Hume, Dan. │ duly │
│ │ O'Connell. │ │
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│ 2│_First Day of Nervous epidemic among sundry idle │ concocted │
│ │ Term._ gents, │ │
│ │ who expect to be raised to the │ │
│ │ _Bench_, and │ │
│ 3│[Illustration] who are _pressed_ to "man the │ according │
│ │ _Fleet_." │ │
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│ 4│ │ to art, │
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│ 5│GUNPOWDER PLOT. Guy _Vaux_ blows up the House of │ ♀ ⚹ ♏ ☽ │
│ │ Lords. │ │
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│ 6│ FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. │ │
│ │ │ to the │
│ 7│What a pity 'tis this glorious fun day │ │
│ │Should chance, this year, to fall on Sunday; │ fulfilment │
│ 8│And leave us thus without the hope │ │
│ │Of burning Guy Fawkes and the Pope; │ whereof │
│ 9│Balking the little blackguard boys │ │
│ │Of all their pretty, simple joys! │ │
│10│I'm sure 'twill grieve them very sadly, │ ☿ ♊ ☽ │