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      54 The Tomaha Wk. \February 6 , L869.

      54 THE TOMAHA WK . \ February 6 , l 869 .

      Stanzas For Stones: Being A Collection Of Popular Tragic Songs.

      STANZAS FOR STONES : Being a Collection of POPULAR TRAGIC SONGS .

      Starving Nell. I. Up With In A Not Garre...

      Starving Nell . i . Up With in a not garret a soul , deserted on God , alone ' s earth , to come near me ! Here Starving I lie , starving and cry , ing a bedridden for bread , crone none , to hear me !

      2 . Starving , and crying for bread —with full tide , Strange Luxury that , ceaselessl such things y flowing should around go on me side ! by side—Strange 1 So they'll say when to-morrow they ' ve found me ! 3-

      Found Agony me stamped with Death on my s icy want han -shrunken d on my hear features t , ! Found Is with me the , —but brute wh s y , — should they ' re I my murmur true fellow 1 My -creatures part ! 4-Yet Charity Dog even s hav feeds they e their them are more kennel , and cared leaves , and for horses me than to die their I ; , stable ; Begging the crumbs that lie under her table ! learned

      bnould This is l complain a land not I of ± i hearts ave 1 n but ever of yet 1 , That want is a crime , —that bread , hardest purses earned Is grudged to the last—then given with curses 1 6 . Still Mean it is s bread life for , and to-day that , and ' s something hope for , to you -morrow know ; ; Bread ! why to swine the foul food that they throw . Starving and dying , you'd beg , steal , or borrow ! 7-Tell Theme me of of hunger your newspaper , of which poets writers sing and , preachers !

      t iction and tancy ! 1 he stern real thing , Hunger ' s the truest , the dreadest of teachers ! 8 . Could the fair lady that lolls at her ease Know Petting what her it spaniel means , she too would pamper fall 'd to on heed her knees her , Beg her good God , to some bedside to lead her , ; Beg that her life might be 9 spent in the work , Beg that all thorns might find flow ' rs to enwreath them , Beg—for true hearts—it is not that they shirk ;—Know not the depth of the anguish beneath them .

      10 . Well Bring , it ' s me too the late choicest if they of come dainties to me to now cheer , me ; Here Starved , here — in with London three , millions I ' m dying of ! souls and how passing ? near me 1 11 . Starved Parents ! , what —my an home end , where , when " I dear think Nellie of my '' they youth called , me—The Words Church about , where sin that I first sank heard deep the and Gospel appalled of truth me — I

      12 . Sermons that dwelt on the rich man in hell—Think Lazarus then hungered , and reason , in , clothes on poor worn dying and Nell rotten , ! Starved in the midst of you , starved—and forgotten !

      Our Weekly Prophet. (Obtained At A Great Outlay.)

      OUR WEEKLY PROPHET . ( Obtained at a Great Outlay . )

      That February All The Fat 8th Is .— In T...

      that February all the fat 8 th is . — in Telegrams the fire , and will that arrive Turkey from is Greece roasting to with say indignation . Cold will increase , especially in the pit and gallerv of a

      certain theatre . gloves Bands tied of to starving a property creatures spear , , with will perambulate a bundle of the dirty square white s , singing—We But once have were got no poor work Adel to phi do-00 guests -00 ! , Mr . Webster will be so cut to the heart that he will take them all salary in , . and find them new Berlin gloves in addition to a princely Hall February ( called gtk Egyptian . —The Siamese from the Twins fact of will there arrive always at the E being gyptian at

      least Volunteer mon b ten etween plagues regiments them on but we exhi their know bition band of , within they , and will its that have borders is .. out nothing ; , of Like harmony in com two - with all creation . magazines A celebrated . As poet he does will publish so without a poem putting in one his of name the illustrated no one dismiss will take it the with slig contempt htest notice as the of the work same of , an and embryo many , critics poetaster will whose write to friends all the have been to correct injudicious them in when their all praises the critics . He will will give quite a different papers meaning to their , words , and will prove the injured poet a second Shakspeare . capable February of undertaking , 10 th . —A Cabinet his dutie Minister s for the rest will of be the altogether week , owing in-10 mnammaiioii 01 iae Drain

      on by attempting to write an original same navmg valentine oeen with Drougnt the assistance of his private secretary , a gentleman in , the Warhours Office , in who similar had compositions had the experience . of several years' officeknife Temp -board le Bar of will a Brompton be heard omnibus to crack . by He a will gentleman write to on the the lers Telegraph . The letter a letter will on be the inserted danger experienced owing to the by omnibus lavish outlay travel of - licity u valuable s ] & c journals , & c . " "inestimable works" " world-wide pubwim The Daily Telegraph will fillgfchree ttie columns Afar a day for a week

      correspondence regarding " of anomer Jr ' ertoa theatre and Temp as an le office Bar will for booking be let to and the advertisements proprietors of . the Gaiety , obtain A gentleman admission will with go his to Drury stall ticket Lane on pantomime payment , and of one will shil only - ling stall-keeper to the for box depriving -keeper for him a of programme his coat , another , one shilling shilling to to the an individual old woman for who the persists permission in retaining to use his his own hat , op half era -a glasses -crown to half an - ins a-crown : his band to the , a leader shilling of for the an orchestra ice which for he the is p forced leasure to of accent , hear- .

      possession another shilling of his on coat leaving , and sixpence to recover to the his porter hat , ditto who to call obtain s up a price cab . of his This stall will and onl the y make fee for eleven booking and . sixpence The gentleman , besides will the congratulate that he wore himself a wig , as that he it feels was sure not discovered he would have by the had box to -jailers pay a cr shilling own for for its its retention . at the cloak-room , and perhaps half-arecovery will Fe be bruary such a nth fog . — in Extraordinary London that ecli no pse one of no the t even sun the ! Astro There - will nomer , however Royal , , will undertake be able to to bring perceive it out the luminary at , a moment . Mr ' s . Hotten notice ,

      with Mr illustrations . Thomas Hug by hes Leech begins , if desirable to think . something ought to be w bri attempted ith ng illustrations out a to volume keep by , up to C . be his H . entitled Ross extraordinary . The Tom humour Brown reputation at will the be . Hustings He intense will , the wit quite unique . , arrested February in Pall 12 th . — Mall A respectable for cutting slides member on the of society pavement will . He be will which produce caused the his orange slippery -peel conduct , found in . front The of police the Carl will ton inform Club , itself . From information received the respectable member of

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 6, 1869, page 54, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06021869/page/2/