PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 103.



July 16, 1892.




TO THE FIRST BATHING-MACHINE.

(_AFTER WORDSWORTH._)

O blank new-comer! I have seen,
I see thee with a start:
So gentle looking a Machine,
Infernal one thou art!

When first the sun feels rather hot,
Or even rather warm,
From some dim, hibernating spot
Rolls forth thy clumsy form.

Perhaps thou babblest to the sea
Of sunshine and of flowers;
Thou bringest but a thought to me