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Page 1 of 11909 · PDF PAGE 7
…statesmen13 own) The birthrate shows mysterious decay : Tis that each loyal bosom knows alone Thy single sway. XXV. Maidens and wives14 take tribute of our days : We love them (nous leur jurons nos grands dieux !) Tis but (in von Krafft-Ebings pregnant phrase) Faute de mieux. XXVI. With wives and sweethearts for awhile we dally : We haunt the Empire,15 pace the piteous Strand :16 Or friendless, coinless, for a spurt we rally The faltering hand.17 XXVII We prate of Pamela, we pipe of Polly,18 We stock the loved disciples shady wood19 All thi…
1909 · PDF PAGE 9
…! Alexandra ! 2. Cancelled passage : verse III. Will not some hero, loyal, leal, and true, (Men fainting cried) the accursed chromo take ? The nation took the chromo, queen, and you, You took the cake. 3. Clearly refers to the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale. 4. Suggested restoration by Dr Verrall and Brugsch Bey : . . . and made allowance for A first attempt. 5. v. I. . . . his Hoffmanns violet Aniline eyes.
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
…ved . . . savedst. 12. It is said that on the occasion of an important shooting match at Hurlingham, in which the Prince of Wales was to take part, Queen Alexandra in full regalia rushed between No. 3 trap and the 24-yard mark, and, in noble imitation of the Empress Agrippina, smote herself in the region of the uterus and cried Strike here ! From that moment the doom of pigeon-shooting (save the mark !) at least in England, ever leader of humanitarian exacerba- tion, was sealed. 13. v. I. . . . our statisticians own . . . our J. Holt School…