. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Im Ml,,III,..Fancy Portrjit -The Lord Mayor. RONDEAU. [extracted from a ankual.]* O CURIOUS reader ! didst thou neerBehold a worshipful lord mayorSeated in his great civic chair So dear? Then cast thy longing eyes this is the ninth November in his new-born state sur-ey One here I To rise from little into greatIs pleasant; but to simc in stateFrom high to lowly is a fate Severe. Too soon his shine is overcast,Chilld by the next November b!a»tjHis blushing honours only last One year I He casts his fur and sheds his
. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. Im Ml,,III,..Fancy Portrjit -The Lord Mayor. RONDEAU. [extracted from a ankual.]* O CURIOUS reader ! didst thou neerBehold a worshipful lord mayorSeated in his great civic chair So dear? Then cast thy longing eyes this is the ninth November in his new-born state sur-ey One here I To rise from little into greatIs pleasant; but to simc in stateFrom high to lowly is a fate Severe. Too soon his shine is overcast,Chilld by the next November b!a»tjHis blushing honours only last One year I He casts his fur and sheds his chains^And moults till not a plume remains-The next impending mayor distrainsHis gear. He slips like water through a sieve—•Ah, could his littie splendour liveAnother twelvemonth—he would giv«One eai*. * Comic Annual, 1832. H« 6*6. LONDON FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER* REMARKS. NO season has offered such variMh in costume as the early partof the present month. Fancy dresses of tlie most oub^ descrip-tion have appeared, even in the streets. Sliort waists and long, fullsleeves and empty, broad skirts and narrow, whole skirts, half skirts,and none at all, have been indifferently worn. For the Promenade,rags and tatters of all kinds have been in much favour ; very few but-tons are worn ; and the coats, waistcoats, and pantaloons, have beeninvariably padded and stuffed with hay or straw. We observed severalexquisites making morning calls in scarecrow greatcoats ; the skirts,laj)|iels, collars, and cuffs, picturesquely, but not too formally, jagged« la Wxndyke. The prevailing colours—all colours at once. Wigshave been very general—both en buzz and frizz^; these have beencommonly composed of deal shavings ; but in some cases of tow, andSimietimes horsehair. For the evenin;^ party, a few squibs and crackersare stuck in iho
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