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CAMBRIDGE LODGINGS, 1877
‘I ask not for cleanliness, care not for light,
I crave not a wide-spreading view;
But I must have my curtains of purple and white,
My table-cloth yellow and blue.’
I crave not a wide-spreading view;
But I must have my curtains of purple and white,
My table-cloth yellow and blue.’
‘I'm sure, sir, you'll find they are much to your mind,
For here is no wide-spreading view;
Neither cleanly nor light, nor excessive in height—
My curtains, moreover, are purple and white,
My table-cloth yellow and blue.’
For here is no wide-spreading view;
Neither cleanly nor light, nor excessive in height—
My curtains, moreover, are purple and white,
My table-cloth yellow and blue.’
‘But I must have a carpet of orange and green.
And then, I decidedly think
'Twould add to the general effect of the scene
Were the furniture covered in ultramarine,
Gamboge and magenta and pink.’
And then, I decidedly think
'Twould add to the general effect of the scene
Were the furniture covered in ultramarine,
Gamboge and magenta and pink.’
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‘Oh then, sir, my rooms, if I rightly assume,
Will suit as to colours, I think;
There's an oleograph of a 'uge Magdalene
All over gamboge, sir, and ultramarine,
My furniture covers is pink.
Will suit as to colours, I think;
There's an oleograph of a 'uge Magdalene
All over gamboge, sir, and ultramarine,
My furniture covers is pink.
‘And as for magenta—but pray, sir, to enter
And look at the picturs and that:
That there's in the Bible, sir, ‘'sputin’ with doctors,’
And that's ‘little Alick,’ sir (one of the proctors),
And Longfield, the favourite bat,
And a dozen actresses, in beautiful dresses,
And a puppy dèvourin’ a rat.
And look at the picturs and that:
That there's in the Bible, sir, ‘'sputin’ with doctors,’
And that's ‘little Alick,’ sir (one of the proctors),
And Longfield, the favourite bat,
And a dozen actresses, in beautiful dresses,
And a puppy dèvourin’ a rat.
‘And a great many more, sir, the rent, sir, is L 20.’
‘My excellent woman, on questions of rent I
Assure you 'tis painful to dwell:
Your curtains and carpet, recherché and chaste;
Your pictures, selected with knowledge and taste,
Will suit me remarkably well.’
‘My excellent woman, on questions of rent I
Assure you 'tis painful to dwell:
Your curtains and carpet, recherché and chaste;
Your pictures, selected with knowledge and taste,
Will suit me remarkably well.’
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