The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
David Hume · en
│ │ │ │ │
│15│dinary: │I had a pretty garden there, │ │
│ │ │ All border'd round with _box_; │ that I │
│ │ │ │ should │
│16│if you │But ah, alas! there liv'd, next door, │ │
│ │ │ A certain Captain Knox. │ arrive │
│17│are │ │ │
│ │ │He took my wife to see the play;— │ at the end │
│18│rich │ They had a private _box_; │ │
│ │ │I jealous grew, and from that day │of my tether│
│19│why │I hated Captain Knox. │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│20│then │I sold my house—I left my wife;— │ ♃ ♄ ♍ │
│ │ │ And went to Lawyer Fox, │ │
│21│you're │Who tempted me to seek redress │ │
│ │ │ All from a jury _box_. │ without │
│22│warm │ │ │
│ │ │I went to law, whose greedy maw │ │
│23│and │ Soon emptied my strong _box_; │ having │
│ │ │I lost my suit, and cash to boot, │ │
│24│jolly, │ All thro' that crafty Fox. │ │
│ │ │ │ prophecied │
│25│but if │The name of _box_ I therefore dread, │ │
│ │ │ I've had so many shocks; │ │
│26│you're │They'll never end,—for when I'm dead │ ☍ ♀ ☽ ♐ │
│ │ │ They'll nail me in a _box_. │ │
│27│poor,— │ │ │
│ │ │ │anything at │
│28│cold │ │ │
│ │ │ │ all about │
│29│hungry │ │ │
│ │ │ │the matter? │
│30│melan- │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│31│choly. │ │ ♀ ♐ ♄ ♊ ♑ │
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FINALE.
My task is done! but, ere I "drown my book,"
And "break my staff," I'll take a parting look.