The Age Reviewed A Satire: In two parts: Second edition, revised and corrected [by Robert Montgomery] |
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Oh! for the pen that scribed that Naval List,
The beacon pride of the Philologist,—
To trace the jaunty triumphs of our day,
When startled elements resign their sway!—
Ballooning bedlamites to top the air,
Goose-grease to plaster for eternal hair;
Unrivall'd pills, to poison and to purge,
And steam, to ride—or blow us o'er the surge,—
Equestrian kites, and Salamander throats,
Immortal eyes and teeth, cork rumps and coats,—
Champagne for cocknies, made of gooseberry juice,
And Hamiltonian puffs—of little use!
Lake-water'd bards, and automatic twins,
Apostate whigs, and parsons without sins,
Young maids at seventy-two, besmear'd with sham,
And dowagers that pine,—“sed ohé jam!!”
The beacon pride of the Philologist,—
To trace the jaunty triumphs of our day,
When startled elements resign their sway!—
Ballooning bedlamites to top the air,
Goose-grease to plaster for eternal hair;
Unrivall'd pills, to poison and to purge,
And steam, to ride—or blow us o'er the surge,—
Equestrian kites, and Salamander throats,
Immortal eyes and teeth, cork rumps and coats,—
Champagne for cocknies, made of gooseberry juice,
And Hamiltonian puffs—of little use!
Lake-water'd bards, and automatic twins,
Apostate whigs, and parsons without sins,
Young maids at seventy-two, besmear'd with sham,
And dowagers that pine,—“sed ohé jam!!”
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