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Title: Carols of Cockayne
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Leigh, Henry S. (Henry Sambrooke), 1837-1883 St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 1852-1919. fmo Wordsworth Collection
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Publisher: London, J.C. Hotten
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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sage To live as one livd of old :So they couple the crook of the Golden Age With a hook in the Age of Gold. From Corydons reed the mountains roundHeard news of his latest flame 28 CAROLS OF COCKAYNE. And Tityrus made the woods resoundWith echoes of Daphnes name. They khidly left us a lasting gageOf their musical art, we re told ; And the Pandean pipe of the Golden AgeBrings mirth to the Age of Gold. Dwellers in huts and in marble halls— From Shepherdess up to Queen—Cared little for bonnets, and less for shawls, And nothing for crinoline.But now Simplicity s not the rage. And its funny to think how coldThe dress they wore in the Golden Age Would seem in the Age of Gold. Electric telegraphs, printing, gas, Tobacco, balloons, and steam,Are little events that have come to pass Since the days of that old regime.And, spite of Lemprihes dazzling page, I d give—though it might seem bold—A hundred years of the Golden Age For a year in the Age of Gold. 29 STANZAS TO AN INTOXICATED FLY.
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7TS a singular fact that whenever IorderMy goblet of GuiNNESS or bumper ofBass,Out of ten or a dozen that sport roundthe borderSome fly turns a somersault into myglass.Oh I its not that I crrudo-e him the liquor he s tasted,Supposing him partial to ale or to stout),But consider the time irretrievably wastedIn trying to fish the small wanderer out. Ah ! believe me, fond fly, tis excessively sinful,This habit which knocks even bluebottles up ; ^O CAROLS OF COCKAYNE. O Just remember what Cassio, on getting a skinful, Observd about evVy inordinate cup ! Reflect on that proverb^ diminutive being, Which tells us Enough is as good as a feast ; And, mark me, there s nothing more painful than seeing An insect behaving so much like a beast. Nay, in vain would you seek to escape while I m talking, And shake from your pinions the fast-clinging drops.It is only too clear, from your efforts at walking, That after your malt you intend to take hops.Pray, where is your home ? and oh ! how shall you ge

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