| Show IT MUST be a pretty tough lot of drinkers they have in London but they cant be much worse than some of their poets A poem which purports to held the looking glass before the drunkard contains fifteen verses of which the following are fair specimens What will he do to gain his end He will deceive his dearest friend His crafty plan he will devise And tell the most atrocious lies They freely enter into chat If they can but catch a net I With every one they will be friends If they can but gain their ends I |