Punch, or the London Charivari
Volume 104, May 27th 1893
edited by Sir Francis Burnand
AN APPEAL FOR INSPIRATION.
[Mr. Lewis Morris has beenrequested to write an ode on theapproaching Royal Marriage.]
Awake my Muse, inspire your Lewis Morris
To pen an ode! to be another Horris!
"Horace" I should have written, but in place of it
You see the word—well, I'm within an ace of it.
Awake my muse! strike up! your bard inspire
To write this—"by particular desire."
Wet towels! Midnight oil! Here! Everything
That can induce the singing bard to sing.
Shake me, Ye Nine! I'm resolute, I'm bold!
Come, Inspiration, lend thy furious hold!
Morris on Pegasus! Plank money down!
I'll back myself to win the Laureate's Crown!
The Chief Secretary'sMusical Performance, withAccompaniment.—Mr. JohnMorley arrived last Fridayat Kingston. He went toBray. He was "accompanied"by the Under Secretary.Surely the Leader of the Opposition,now at Belfast, won'tlose such a chance as this itemof news offers.
The "Water-Carnival."—Goodidea! But a verylarge proportion of those whomthe show attracts would be allthe better for a Soap-and-WaterCarnival. Old FatherThames might be considerablyimproved by the process.
A RESERVED SEAT.
Mistress. "Well, James, how did you like the Show? I hope yougot a good view."
Jim. "Yes thankye, M'm; I saw it first-rate. There was roomfur Four or Five more where I was."
Mistress (surprised). "Indeed!—where was that?"
Jim. "In the Park, M'm,—up a Ches'nutTree."
ODDS BOBBILI!
(The Rajah of Bobbili arrived byP.& O. at Marseilles, where hewas received by Col. Humphreyon behalf of the Queen.)
There was a gay Rajah of Bobbili
Who felt when a steamer on wobblely,
"Delighted," says he,
"Colonel Humphrey to see,"
So they dined and they drank hobby-nobbeley.
Is the Times also amongthe Punsters?—In its masterly,or rather school-masterly,article last Saturday, on "TheDivisions on the Home-RuleBill," written with the specialintention of whipping up theUnionist absentees, the Timessaid, "There is an opinion that,with a measure so far-reachingin its character as theHome-Rule Bill, pairing shouldbe resorted to as sparingly aspossible." The eye gifted witha three-thousand-joke-search-lightpower sees the pun atonce, and reproduces it italicised,to be read aloud, thus—"Pairingshould be resortedto as pairingly as possible."What shall he have who makesa pun in the Times? Our congratulations.Henceforth, tothe jest-detectors this newdevelopment may prove mostinteresting.
Imperial Institute Noticeat the Reception.—"Guestsmust retain their wraps andHead Coverings." Evidently