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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│1836.] │ JUNE. │
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│ │The Midsummer nights fly swiftly by, │
│ │While Members are "catching the Speaker's eye;" │
│ │And the _Outs_ are employing their labour and wit │
│ │On those who are _In_, to serve "notice to quit." │
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│ M│ Season's │ =Odd Matters.= │ WEATHER. │
│ D│ Signs. │ │ │
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│ 1│Lawyers │ "HOLIDAYS AT PUBLIC OFFICES." │ │
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│ 2│now may │I've often thought how hard the fate │ and │
│ │ │ Of those, who're destin'd, day by day, │ │
│ 3│take │To rise up early, lie down late, │ sufficient │
│ │ │ And waste, in toil, their lives away. │ │
│ 4│their │ │ reasons │
│ │ │And often have I ask'd myself, │ │
│ 5│ease, │ When musing o'er these scenes of woe, │ ♈ ☿ ♍ ♀ ♑ │
│ │ │"Couldst thou, for sake of sordid pelf, │ │
│ 6│and │ Oppress thy fellow-creatures so?" │ ♅ ☊ ♌ │
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│ 7│counsel │Then fancy would begin to paint │ │
│ │ │ The griefs of little cotton-spinners, │ instead of │
│ 8│reckon │Compell'd to labour till they faint, │ │
│ │ │ That bloated knaves may eat good │ │
│ │ │ dinners. │ │
│ 9│up their │ │ │
│ │ │I thought of poor young milliners, │ ♃ ♂ ⊕ │
│10│fees; │ Who toil all night, with matted tresses,│ │
│ │ │And faces pale, that Fashion's dames │ jumping │
│11│for │ May grace the ball in fancy dresses. │ │
│ │ │ │ at once │
│12│now │And then I thought upon the Pole, │ │
│ │ │ Condemn'd, among Siberia's snow, │into the ice│
│13│the │With shackled limbs and blighted soul, │ │
│ │ │ The joys of freedom ne'er to know. │ and snow │
│14│welcome │ │ │
│ │ │With those who work in powder mill. │ │
│15│long │ Life's value scarcely weighs a feather, │ │