. Punch . And swears, if the culprits not found in a trice, That in killing the Guard he wont be oer-nice ; A volley of threats at the fellow he fires, And having exhausted his fury, retires. The nobles, suspected of having a shave In this job, that has much of a black job the air, In asserting their innocence take a wide scope, By singing an Essay on Man, a la Pope. King Creon comes in when the Chorus is done, And hears that Anliijones self is the one Who buried her brother. The deed she avows, And then there ensues the most awful of rows ! Her sister Ismene is sent for, who cries That she wi
. Punch . And swears, if the culprits not found in a trice, That in killing the Guard he wont be oer-nice ; A volley of threats at the fellow he fires, And having exhausted his fury, retires. The nobles, suspected of having a shave In this job, that has much of a black job the air, In asserting their innocence take a wide scope, By singing an Essay on Man, a la Pope. King Creon comes in when the Chorus is done, And hears that Anliijones self is the one Who buried her brother. The deed she avows, And then there ensues the most awful of rows ! Her sister Ismene is sent for, who cries That she will die loo if Antigone dies : An assertion thats much more heroic than wise ! PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 43 Alas ! her sincerity soon will be proved,For both are in custody straightway A little philosophy then is bestowed In the shape of a long argumentative ode, The burden of which is the truth now confessd, That of policies honestys always the best. Now Ilcemon approaches, and tries to assuage Old Creons, his fathers or governors rage ; But Creon to yield to entreaty declines, And Hwmon gives out some extremely strong lines: He says, There s no state where but one man commands ; At which there s a general clapping of hands. If Russia comes over to England again, Prhaps Albert the force of the line will explain— Though een if he did he would do so in vain. The King doth Antigones presence command, Telling Hcemon he 11 kill her directly off hand ; But Hwmon, who s not the most passive of sons, Away in disgust from the governor runs. The Chorus, their sense of his conduct to prove, Begin a long strophe to Eros or Love. Antigone enters, her fate to deplore : The Chorus, who seemd to have pity before, Perceiving that hers is a desperate case, Begin quite to chaff the
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