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    • THM OLD JNEW YEAR.
    • IN THE SMOKING-ROOM,
    • TIME AMD THE SWELLS
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      January % 1869.] The Tomahawk. 13

      January % 1869 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 13

      Thm Old Jnew Year.

      THM OLD JNEW YEAR .

      The Succ Beftsljiave Umlfed Hath Ceased ...

      THE Succ beftsljiave umlfed hath ceased to the . Another great decree year . And And so in you tne bid new us one Christimaqgcheer happy be . , You Th did e same tire same will d & when to greet came the the next last ; Nor The stop future to think will with if , like woes the be past vexed , , . Yet Whe sur n ely such j ' tis fine no" wrong wishes ful flutter time , round To If ask happ ourselv iness e be s , i gaining n prose ground or rhyme ! : , , To see a moment if in truth If It bfigntier be 3 merrier glows the world soul than of yout erst h ; And age with fewer aches be cur , sed . I a Or , sk Mn liot ^ red , have far you continent bridged *^ with the wire seas , ? Thes Rem e" ain t ^ ngs the may immortal be , yet paT Hit tfs at desire ease . Nor But Atid Haw raljpf wQttld |||| « fte dt if I r of you know cushion sempiternal clearer if s gayer line hint your domes tints s home . s ; What iM to me that science draws ' Do A you wider obey sweeps the eter a furthe nal laws r range ? " Winch science can nOr cause nor change ? Off wit h h your to sever peddling how , va to in mix displays And ^ o tell u worship me why Ven in , us Cnristian Meretrix days ; .

      Go And where sounds I wi ^ affront e the same ears sore and sights The And simulation misery without of delights my disguise , . eyes ; I still encounter naked imps , But The where harl , o t ' s lure ! wh , the , t jjauper he promised ' s whine gli ; mpse Of better daysand things divine ? The Ta politician seize on power fumes , and or else frets to keep ; The ranter coarse and coarser gets ' , Pert The jour pa nals rson strain sends to his luce flock the to crowd sleep . ; Success The artist and paints all that to prompts please the the lewd proud ; With conscience is at open feud . The treacherous nations lie in wait Till To every snatch big a and river petty , gain state a gorge , With Is one emp g iga ntic ate warlike they fi rst forge att . ack Whilst Of nati fear onality alone and doth votes hold j them back , From flying at each other ' s throats . A D hard ivideth fast classes line throughout severs ranks the land The suppliant sees , no giver ' s han ; d , He And as ' a so rig he ht grabs accepts , nor the renders dole , thanks . And Grateful thus we to kill neither the heaven soul nor earth ; Of Charity before its very birth . For These eighteen annual hundred wishes years have and been more sped ; But It And seems are reall we ta nobler y me wiser that ^ than than before the dead , ? And Man that unto we man travel was on , ages less and gone a on stranger , ; Still further from the sacred Manger .

      The Succ Beftsljiave Umlfed Hath Ceased ...

      I ' griev To so e me I ca oblivion nnot tune -bring my ing lyre strain ; Bu I stand whilst outsid you h e uddle in wind round and rain ur fire . , 0 I , am Can a I sober t time singer -tutored , nor , merry be . Vain And New w Year beneath wishes ur I abhor Christmas , tree . eep yo

      In The Smoking-Room,

      IN THE SMOKING-ROOM ,

      Cigars, Coffee, Brandy, Pall Mall, And S...

      Cigars , Coffee , Brandy , Pall Mall , and Smoke . First Voice . —Been to any theatres ? writing Second , tol-lol Voice acting . — , Ye Miss s , the Rushton Globe would —bad , be St good . James in ' s another —good part Gaie . ty— Madlle good . . de Coven la Fuerte t Garden can ' t — speak splendid Eng lish D , r but ury graceful Lane— . stupid—especially Blanchard's lines—not a bit of fun in him , failure very bad . . Haymarket—very fair . Smith at Lyceum—dead Second First Voice Voice . — . Where —What shall do you we say go ? to the Queen ' First Voice . —All right ! Call a hearse \ Exetmt .

      Time Amd The Swells

      TIME AMD THE SWELLS

      Which Here Will Is Bloom Another , And B...

      which Here will is bloom another , and bud withers opening before on the we bank well of kno Time w where ; a bud we are . by , thoug least h for the the modern worki Posthumus ng bees" the may year find rolls it hang but too heavil rap idl on y his hands and cling wearily about his legs . Another year is notion come and than on last the roll year , and of turning our friend it , to account Swell , . has Perhap no better s he thinks be productive it may bring of some some good rich at relation least nearer to himself to the in grave that , way and , of is but opened recognition your S up well by he has the finds no change prospects time of to cyphers before accord , him which to . time No is as the vista he onl of passes y ideas note . pavement The Swell , and has no if he intention had the s ; share he has would no bring share him in the no interest infernal . He Madeira knows the a guinea usual routine at the Baron will brin ' s , his g him port his of 1801 dinners at Methusa with the - lem Guzzler ' s , and ' s . his He knows Chateau he -Boyard will not of have the comet to ask year whether at Charlie Lady Rover Simperdyk ' s cro e quet ' s bal party l will will come want off his , or presence if the . Honourable All these things Mrs . come off as regularly as the seasons come round , and there is no give shadow the parties of a necessity somebody to think e would about and the the m . Swell If they would didn be ' t required to join the assemblage of his , like . pose It , doe or in s not ent come thoughts into , the prop S ositions well ' s head , or id , therefore eas for the , to poming think , year pro- . end But of would the y it ear not could be say an , immense " I have triumph done something if any Swell within at the the last twelve months which has done good to somebody besides ha myself ve th " ro *? w You n it may to imp give or a tu casual nity you fiver to e a charity no satisfa j but ction if you in k one nowi of n the g how ragged it has homes been of di which sposed there of : but are go so for many yoursel in Lon f to - you charity don , will and , that find find it yourself your will persuade inmate taking yourself such you of an your and interest provide affluence in the for use to him think of , your and of spre You ading need the never good you be have ashamed done of for it an su individual osin . ur swell who friends had found never you thoug out , and might other even s tha , persuade n th pp emselve g other yo s all Swells their , lives who , w ould tak b e e some still littl more e int ho er rr id st a in nd th dirty e horrid did dirty not some creatur rich es , p p o eop orest le exist neighb wh ou o b , e b liev e they e that ever so is horrid their or duty ever so assist dirty . their because We have we already ask again made , bu an t do appeal let th . e Don year 't thi e nk produ us ctive a bore of some good in your career through it .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 9, 1869, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09011869/page/5/