The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
David Hume · en
│ │ │So oft exploding, 'twere no ill, │ │
│16│vacation │ Were they exploded altogether. │ ⚹ ♀ ♈ ♐ ♎ │
│ │ │ │ │
│17│gives a │But what are these? and what are those? │ ♊ ♀ │
│ │ │ Or all that thou, Oh, man! endurest? │ │
│18│rest to │Compar'd with those transcendant woes │ of January │
│ │ │ Experienced by the Sinecurist? │ │
│19│liti- │ │ and │
│ │ │Compell'd by eight o'clock to rise, │ │
│20│gation; │ By nine to get his breakfast o'er, │ commencing │
│ │ │And leave some bit that gourmands prize, │ │
│21│while │ Because the stage is at the door. │ ♄ ☌ ☽ │
│ │ │ │ │
│22│happy │And when the coachman sets him down │ as the │
│ │ │ At Treasury or Navy Pay, │ │
│23│they on │His toil begins,—but I'll explain │ learned │
│ │ │ How hard he works from day to day. │ │
│24│quarter │ │ │
│ │ │Five weary hours he stands or sits, │ │
│25│day, │ Or fidgets till he gets the vapours; │ ☍ ♈ ♀ ⚹ ♊ │
│ │ │And then to chase the _ennui_ fits, │ │
│26│who're │ He picks his teeth, or reads the papers.│ │
│ │ │ │ have it, │
│27│not │Perhaps his name full twenty times │ │
│ │ │ He writes, or writes a page of figures; │ │
│28│obliged │Until are heard the welcome chimes, │ ☌ ♈ ♒ ♄ ⚹ │
│ │ │ Which end the toil of these white │ │
│ │ │ Niggers. │ │
│29│to run │ │ ♋ ☋ ♅ │
│ │ │The fate of him who digs the mine, │ │
│30│away! │ Compar'd to this, is children's play; │_ab initio_,│
│ │ │Then, ah! how cruel 'tis to sneer, │ │
│ │ │ And call his life a holiday. │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │Ah! radicals: ye little know │ │
│ │ │ 'Bout what it is ye make a clamour; │ │
│ │ │Go, thank your stars you drag a truck, │ │
│ │ │ Or only wield a blacksmith's hammer. │ │
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