... [Suggested by a visit to the Halls. When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, Britons we're told were proud of their weak land, And falsely sang this jingoistic strain Rule Britannia Britannia rules the waves Britons never shall be slaves. When Britain, next, at Drake's command, Arose and bagged that azure main, Britons still loved their more imposing land, Still ...

... A Rondeau of t he Links I'd cried out Fore here let me say I was but learning how to play. It looked a simple thing to do, To reach the next red flag in two Alas to pride I fell a prey For to my horror and dismay My ball rolled, just a yard away And then I felt I'd cause to rue I'd cried out Fore Two other men in blazers gay Thought I, two Royal and Ancients they In scathing tones demanded, ...

... Was the topic of the day, 'Twas discussed in sober earnest, Though 'twas only meant in Play. Some held that its gyrations Were symbolic and occult, That Pinero 'd been to Ibsen, And that this was the result. Others said that its construction Was as broad as it was long, So they interviewed the Censor, But he swore that they were wrong. The fact is that its antics Were ingeniously designed Just ...

... To-day my love is true to me, She may be fickle, fondly gay, Yet harps in air sing merrily To-day. Some vow for ever and for aye, And some regret consumedly Bonds that they'd rather not defray. We've learnt of love's philosophy, We loiter down the primrose way, And clasp that jewel of mystery To-day. To-morrow, Love, I hear you say, The cadence is a-kin to sorrow, So let us cunning-wise delay ...

... Definitions Protection. Free Trade. Free Trade. An effete policy. Yellow Press. A term of opprobrium applied by each ha'penny paper to its conte.r p oraries. Campaign of Calumny. Used of an election won by the Liberals used of most elections. Lies. Any argument used by the other side. Lies, Tissue of. -Any argument used against the Tariff Reform League. Hustling. -Losing seats. Moral Victory. ...

... The Lady's Pictorial, in pointing out that we live in times when wall papers have to be carefully considered remarks on the fatal fashion of red dining rooms. I may not be much of an artist, But I have got a pair of eyes, And I know, as a kind of instinct, The colours that harmonise Yet, alas, for the nature artistic I am forced, for my daily bread, To labour in town for a man called Brown% ...

... Lines from a Rejected Lover Some weeks after Crasliaw Whoe'er she be, That too ridiculous She, That hath refused my heart and me Whate'er her name, Unknown as yet to fame, Sarah, or something much the same No matter where She lives perhaps Mayfair, Or Bloomsbury, or Belgrave Square No matter why She said she'd rather die Than marry such a man as I I shall not utter curses, But, what infinitely ...

... (II has been stated that ivomen take larger sizes in gloves than formerly) Phyllis, it was at quite a recent date (To me you've not been Phyllis very long) That you at manly games were very great You were, if I may say so, going strong. Ah me That service from the left-hand court, The smashing game that at the net you played In this, as in all other forms of sport, You quite put Amaryllis in ...

... Lalage, with pain I write it, All is over 'twixt us twain, Love's enchanting chain is broken Nought can join its links again. All my love for you was shattered, Shattered at a single stroke, When I saw at Bridge last evening Your Revoke. X will own I should have asked you If you had not got a spade, Blindly trusting you I spoke not When the trump you gaily played. From my dream of love and ...

... According to La Revue the German Emperor is descended on the paternal side from Admiral de Coligny,. and on the maternal side from the Due de Guise, grandfather of Mary Queen of Scots. Alsace, pack away your mourning, Dry your tears, fair Lorraine Since the Kaiser is a Frenchman, You may lift your heads again. So no longer to the yoke of Foreign conquerors demur Cease to think of him as ...

... A WESTMINSTER VALENTINE FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO THE BRITISH VOTER Oh darling British voter, We've come from far and near, By steamship, rail, or motor, To meet in Session here But every heart is aching Lest you should turn away, Conservatives forsaking For Liberal charms to-day 1 Five years we've pulled together, And passed lull many a Bill, No matter why, or whether Results were good or ill In ...

... To Phyllis At Her Toilette A debtor at Clerkenwell said he had never known trade so bad. Judge Edge: What are you? Debtor In the powder-pulT line. Judge Edge: It sounds like a business that should attract a good share of custom. Debtor Nothing like it used to. He got off with a small order. Dainty Phyllis Have I really heard aright, That your powder-pufT is banished from your sight Do you see ...