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    • BRITANNIA'S JPOT OF BASIL,
    • MUSICAL MEASURE.
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      The Tomahawk:. A Saturday Journal Of Sat...

      THE TOMAHAWK : . A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . < £ JriU & Ira 3 ** 11 ** a'gttlttft " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

      No. 98.] London, March 20, 1869. [Price ...

      No . 98 . ] LONDON , MARCH 20 , 1869 . [ Price Twopence .

      Britannia's Jpot Of Basil,

      BRITANNIA'S JPOT OF BASIL ,

      And Furthermore Her Brethren Wonder'd Mu...

      And furthermore her brethren wonder'd much Why she sat drooping by the Basil green . They could not surely give belief , that such A very nothing would have power to wean Her from her once fair youth , and pleasures gay . We were unfortunate in expressing , some time since , with too much confidence , our hope that Parliament would bs opened by the Queen in person ; but we were justified by a semi-official confirmation of the hope . Our disappointment , in common with that of many others , at the non-fulfilment of this perhaps too rash prediction , was to have been consoled by the reception of the Reply to the Address from the hands of both Houses of Parliament by Her Majesty in person . But once again " hope told a nattering tale , " and an unforeseen calamity prevented our gracious Sovereign from affording a public proof of her regard for her subjects , which it would have been no less gratifying for her to give than for them to receive . And so it seems likely that it will ever be ; for no sooner are the faces of all loyal subjects gladdened by the announcement that Her Majesty is going to come among them once more , than they are again saddened T- » v tVtf '* r » rar ? firra 1 rnnt-rarlint-inn nf anv enroll nile ^ ttsirt cr upws .

      True it is that the Queen has held one Court and one Drawingroom , and we feel sure that all who were present testified , by their respectful sympathy , how much they appreciated these " efforts on Her Majesty ' s part to resume those relations between the Court , and the People , which now have become almost a matter of history , rather than a custom of the present time . W Qu © een fear as much the head that of we Society must reconcile , and the ourselve first Lady s to in the the loss land of . our As > ¦ a part ee estates of the machinery the realm of , she the will Constitution still exist ; , b as ut the it is first the woman of the jj j more than the Queen to whom our hearts are devoted , and the jj sight of her signature to State documents , the reports from f e ven me distant glim pses lace , few of h a er nd havi far ng between received and one somewhat of her Ministers grudg , j ingly given , of her own self , can but feebly console the inhabitants of this capital for the loss of what was once a familiar presence , diffusing prosperity and happiness all around , whose sunshine was felt far beyond the bounds of London , for it brought light , and hope , to many a dark and despairful home which the great want that includes all other wants—want of work—had threatened to make desolate for ever . Yes , Britannia has buried the beloved head , and planted the

      basil tree of hope ; in vain , for this death in life is worse than death itself . From the dead head sprang new life , for" So Thick that , and it smelt green more , and b beautiful almy than it its grew peers , Of basil-tufts in Florence . " Not so with the basil that Britannia has planted . Patiently she waters it with her tears , but it pines and droops , and will soon be withered quite away . The dead life quickens not itself , nor that of any other . The tomb which holds the living body is shaded by no flowers , the heart that is numbed within numbs the heart without , and those that mourn find no consolation , their grief is barren , barren as the life whose loss they mourn . The voice which never spoke but in the cause of truth and purity , what power has it now ? If it speaks from out of that tomb , do those to whom the words of the dead would have been sacred , heed the muffled voice of the living dead ? . Well may Britannia weep when she thinks of this ; to some it may seem a little thing and scarce worth considering ; the world goes on much the same , there is plenty of dancing , singing , and entertainment ; plenty , but it is among the rich only ; it is not for those who live in luxury , but for those of the Court live makes by it , but that little we feel difference pity ; to to the the former latter the it absence makes all the difference between comfort and , penury . The wealth

      which was spent by the Queens of England found its way to English not to foreign pockets , and the splendour of Victoria ' s hospitality was reflected in the humble brightness of many a lowly home . But why repeat all this 1 Have we not over and over again preached on the same text , and to what purpose ? If what we ask for could possibly be given , should we not long ago have received it ? Is it not better to say that this cry of injured trade is a false one , that nobody is affected at all by this death in life , and that those who hold otherwise are all disloyal malcontents , or selfish mercenary knaves 1 Or is it better , if we are sure that we have cause for grief , to assure ourselves that our grief is of no avail , and to set to work and try if we can find some other influence as gladdening and as beneficial as that for whose loss we grieve ?

      Musical Measure.

      MUSICAL MEASURE .

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      • zoo 2 200 2 mon co sovereigns singers mpanies = = = 1 1 i 1 compa monopoly singer . . ny . . 1 Gye opolies and 1 Mapleson and a = Gye Harris = The Opera Season , of 1869 .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), March 20, 1869, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20031869/page/3/