The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 393, October 10, 1829 by Various
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The portrait is excellent:
A snow white head a merry eye, A cheek of jolly blush; A claret tint laid on by health, With master reynard's brush. A hearty frame, a courteous bow, The prince he learn'd it from: His age about three-score and ten, And there you have Old Tom. In merriest key I trow was he, So many guests to boast; So certain congregations meet, And elevate the host. They start-- But Huggins, hitching on a tree, Branched off from all the rest. Then comes the motley mob-- Idlers to wit--no Guardians some, Of Tattlers in a squeeze; Ramblers, in heavy carts and vans, Spectators up in trees. Butchers on backs of butcher's hacks, |
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