Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . hj V. ^. Salutation to you now, you learned Temple Benchers :Falling-off was there, I trow, in your account of trenchers ;Falling-off was there of rent, as well as fees and feeding—Chancellors /// geinind went elsewhere for legal breeding !Falling-off, my countrymen, was there in chamber-letting,Coupled with a falling-off that causes more sets in Temple courts had raised some consternationEmptiness in Templars calls for louder reprobation,But

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Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . hj V. ^. Salutation to you now, you learned Temple Benchers :Falling-off was there, I trow, in your account of trenchers ;Falling-off was there of rent, as well as fees and feeding—Chancellors /// geinind went elsewhere for legal breeding !Falling-off, my countrymen, was there in chamber-letting,Coupled with a falling-off that causes more sets in Temple courts had raised some consternationEmptiness in Templars calls for louder reprobation,But these signs degenerate with satisfaction leave I,Seeing now aiispiciiini luclioris cevi; Seeing now a state of things that promises improvement—Manifest machinery for going in a groove meant ;Going in a groove exact—smooth—level—rectilinean ;Going in the safety groove —Popular Opinion. f^O I 4 You have got a little nook—every Cockney knows it ; Every Cockney picture-book has a print that shows it. Gossip-lore (green-spectacled, amiably dozy) Pokes and potters oftentimes about that corner cosy, Little Cockney girls and boys,

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