What a God-send to them-a good, obsolete man, Oh thaw Mr. Dodsworth as fast as you can, And the L-nsd-les and H-rtf-rds shall choose him for leader. Yes, sleeper of ages, thou shalt be their Chosen ; And Eld-n will weep o'er each sad innovation THE MILLENNIUM. SUGGESTED BY THE LATE WORK OF THE REVEREND MR. IRV-NG 'ON A MILLENNIUM at hand!-I'm delighted to hear it— Only think, Master Fred, what delight to behold, Sound bullion throughout, from the roof to the flags A city, where wine and cheap corn1 shall abound,— Thanks, reverend expounder of raptures elysian, 2 Thanks, thanks for the hope thou hast given us, that we There was Whiston, 3 who learnedly took Prince Eugene 1A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny." Rev. c. 6. 2 See the oration of this reverend gentleman, where he describes the connubial joys of paradise, and paints the angels hovering around 'each happy fair.' 3 When Whiston presented to Prince Eugene the Essay in which he attempted to connect his victories over the Turks with revelation, the Prince is said to have replied that he was not aware he had ever had the honour of being known to St. John,' There was Counsellor Dobbs, too, an Irish M.P., A Millennium break out in the town of Armagh !1 There was also--but why should I burden my lay Go on, mighty man,-doom them all to the shelf- Art the Beast (chapter 4) that sees nine ways at once! THE THREE DOCTORS. Doctoribus lætamur tribus. THOUGH many great doctors there be, There are three that all Doctors o'ertop,- Dr. Eady, that famous M.D., Dr. S-they, and dear Doctor Slop. The purger-the proser-the bard- Can dose us with stuff like the one, Dr. Eady good company keeps With No-Popery' scribes on the walls; 1 Mr. Dobbs was a Member of the Irish Parliament, and on all other subjects but the Millennium a very sensible person. He chose Armagh as the scene of the Millennium, on account of the name Armageddon, mentioned in Revelation! 2 This Seraphic Doctor, in the preface to his last work (Vindicie Ecclesiæ Anglicana), is pleased to anathematize not only all Catholics, but all advocates of Catholics :-They have for May probably suffer as, under The Chalking Act, known to be guilty. Of the three greatest lights of our time, As a matter of course, agree EPITAPH ON A TUFT-HUNTER. For here lies one who ne'er preferred A Viscount to a Marquis yet. Beside him place the God of Wit, And Love's own sister for an Earl's. Did niggard Fate no peers afford, He took, of course, to peer's rela tions! And rather than not sport a lord, Put up with even the last creations. Even Irish names, could he but tag 'em And, at a pinch, Lord Ballyraggum Heaven grant him now some noble nook, THE PETITION OF THE ORANGEMEN OF IRELAND. To the people of England, the humble Petition To keep us from murdering the other six parts; That, as to laws made for the good of the many, That much it delights every true Orange brother In discussing which sect most tormented the other, And burned with most gusto, some hundred years since ; 1A crown granted as a reward among the Romans to persons who performed any extraordinary exploits upon walls-such as scaling them, battering them, etc. No doubt, writing upon them, to the extent that Dr. Eady does, would equally establish a claim to the honour. That we love to behold, while Old England grows faint, Whether t'other saint, Dominic, burnt the devil's paw- That 'tis very well known this devout Irish nation That we, your petitioning Cons, have, in right That we trust to Peel, Eldon, and other such sages, ; When the words ex and per3 served as well, to annoy Cut the throats of all Christians who stickled for ou. That, relying on England, whose kindness already That, as to the expense-the few millions, or so, 1 To such important discussions as these the greater part of Dr. Southey's Vindicia Ecclesiæ Anglicane is devoted. 2 Consubstantiation-the true reformed belief; at least the belief of Luther, and, as Mosheim asserts, of Melancthon also. 3 When John of Ragusa went to Constantinople (at the time this dispute between 'ex' and etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. 'per' was going on), he found the Turks, we are told, laughing at the Christians for being divided by two such insignificant particles.' The Arian controversy.-Before that time, says Hooker, 'in order to be a sound believing Christian, men were not curious what syllables or particles of speech they used.' A VISION. BY THE AUTHOR OF CHRISTABEL. 'UP!' said the Spirit, and, ere I could pray One hasty orison, whirled me away One couldn't say whether 'twas day or night; And crossed by many a mazy track, One didn't know how to get on or back; And I felt like a needle that's going astray (With its one eye out) through a bundle of hay; When the Spirit he grinned, and whispered me, "Thou'rt now in the Court of Chancery!' Around me flitted unnumbered swarms Of shapeless, bodiless, tailless forms; (Like bottled-up babes that grace the room Of that worthy knight, Sir Everard Home) All of them things half-killed in rearing; Some were lame-some wanted hearing; Some had through half-a-century run, Though they hadn't a leg to stand upon. Others, more merry, as just beginning, Around on a point of law were spin. ning; Or balanced aloft, 'twixt Bill and Answer, Lead at each end-like a tight-rope dancer. Some were so cross, that nothing could please 'em : Some gulped down affidavits to ease 'em ; All were in motion, yet never a one, Let it move as it might, could ever move on. 'These,' said the Spirit, 'you plainly see, Are what are called Suits in Chancery!' I heard a loud screaming of old and young, Like a chorus by fifty Velutis sung; And still they kept limping to and fro, As Hume e'er moved for, or Omar burned. He talked of his Virtue, though some, less nice, (He owned with a sigh) preferred his Vice And he said, 'I think'-'I doubt 'I hope,' Called God to witness, and damned the Pope : With many more sleights of tongue and hand I couldn't, for the soul of me, understand. |