Takes out the doll, and, O, mỹ stärṣ! Hē pōkes her head between the bärṣ, And melts off hälf her nōṣe! Quite cross, a bit of string I beg, And bang, with might and main This made him cry with rage and spīte; If he's to melt, âll scâlding hot, Aunt Hannah heard the window break, And cried, "O naughty Nancy Lāke, Thus to distress yoür äunt: Nō Drury-Lane for you to-day!" And while papä said, “Pooh, shē may !” Mama said, "Nō, shē shän't!” Well, after many a sad reproach, And trotted down the street; I saw them gō, one horse was blind, The chaise (pr. shaiz) in which poor brother Bill Used to be drawn to Pentonville, Stood in the lumber-room: I wiped the dust from off the top, My uncle's pōrter, Samuel Hughes, Sō what does he, but tākes, and drags My father's wâlls are made of brick, As these; and goodness mē! As those that now I see. What a large floor! 'tis like a town! And there's a row of lamps !-my eye! At first I caught hold of the wing, umbob, the prompter man, Gāve with his hand mỹ chaiṣe a shove, (shuv) "You've only got to curtsey, whisp er, hōld your chin up, laugh (pr. lâf) and lisp, And then you're sure to tāke : I've known the day when brats not quite But while I'm speaking, where's papä? They smile, they nod; I'll gō mỹ wayṣ, And now, good gentlefōlks, I gō I curtsey, like a pretty (pr. pritty) miss, I'll blow a kiss to you. and exit.) (Blows a kiss Rejected Addresses. THE INCHCAPE ROCK. Nō stir in the air, nō stîr in the sea, Without either sign or sound of their shock The Abbot of Aberbrothok Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock; When the Rock was hid by the surge's swell, The sun in heaven was shining gay, The sea-birds scream'd as they wheel'd around, And there was joy-ance in their sound. The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen Sir Ralph (pr. Rafe) the Rōver walkt his deck, He felt the cheering power of spring, But the Rover's mîrth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float; And I'll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok." The boat is lower'd, the boatmen rōw, Down sunk the Bell with a gurgling sound, Won't bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok." N |