. Thackerayana;. lever skit uponthe Cambridge Prize Poem, appeared as follows :— Timbuctoo. To the Editor of The Snob: Sir,—Though your name be Snob, I trust you will not refusethis tiny Poem of a Gownsman/ which was unluckily not finishedon the day appointed for delivery of the several copies of verseson Timbuctoo. I thought, Sir, it would be a pity that such apoem should be lost to the world ; and conceiving The Snob tobe the most widely-circulated periodical in Europe, I have takenthe liberty of submitting it for insertion or approbation. I am, Sir, yours, &c, &c, &c. TIMBUCTOO.—PART I. The
. Thackerayana;. lever skit uponthe Cambridge Prize Poem, appeared as follows :— Timbuctoo. To the Editor of The Snob: Sir,—Though your name be Snob, I trust you will not refusethis tiny Poem of a Gownsman/ which was unluckily not finishedon the day appointed for delivery of the several copies of verseson Timbuctoo. I thought, Sir, it would be a pity that such apoem should be lost to the world ; and conceiving The Snob tobe the most widely-circulated periodical in Europe, I have takenthe liberty of submitting it for insertion or approbation. I am, Sir, yours, &c, &c, &c. TIMBUCTOO.—PART I. The situation. In Africa (a quarter of the world),Mens skins are black, their hair is crisp and curld. Lines I and 2.—See Guthries Geography. The site of Timbuctoo is doubtful; the Author has neatly expressed thisin the poem, at the same time giving us some slight hints relative to its situa-tion. THE SNOB MAGAZINE. And somewhere there, unknown to public view,A mighty city lies, called The natural history. There stalks the tiger,—there the lion roars,Who sometimes eats the luckless blackamoors;All that he leaves of them the monster throwsTa jackals, vultures, dogs, cats, kites, and crows;His hunger thus the forest monarch gluts,And then lies down neath trees called cocoa nuts. Line 5.—So Horace : leonum arida 8.—Thus Apollo : kKapia T6u^6 KvveffaivOldovoicri re 5-10.—How skilfully introduced are the animal and vegetable pro-ductions of Africa ! It is worthy to remark the various garments in which thePoet hath clothed the lion. He is called, 1st, the Lion; 2nd, theMonster (for he is very large); and 3rd, the Forest Monarch, whichundoubtedly he is. 72 THA CKERA VAN A. The lion hunt. Quick issue out, with musket, torch, and brand,The sturdy blackamoors, a dusky band !The beast is found—pop goes the musketoons—The lion falls covered with horrid wounds. Their lives at home. At home their lives in pleasure always flow, 15 But many
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