1830.] Farewell to the Year 1829. 



No spinster sighs in vain in thee, 



Land of the soul, soft Italy ! 



No holy friar needs sip his tea 



Without a love in Italy ! 



There matrons rove, as zephyrs free, 



And monks are blest, dear Italy ! 



There maids are what maids wish to be 



Contributors to Italy ! 



Land of chevaliers d' Industrie, 



Thief, harlot, slave sweet Italy ! 



Farewell, half-dungeon, half-caffe ! 



Thou rascal's home, base Italy ! 



The Signor Bonaparte Wyse, 

 To raise the requisite supplies, 

 Bedaubs the mighty Agitator, 



With ephithets of ass and ! 



Such language may not seem polite 

 But take our oath, the birds won't fight ; 

 If " braggart, knave, and blockhead," pas*, 

 They slide from those, like rain off glass. 

 You'll never find the heroes tripping, 

 Under severest threats of whipping ; 

 They wisely scorn all satisfaction, 

 Except a handsome King's Bench action : 

 Long may thev live, by horsewhips awless, 

 Though brandished in thy paw, Jack Lawless ! 

 Long may they keep their backs and bowels 

 From kicks and bullets of the Dowells ; 

 From Mahony keep skin and bone, 

 For patriots' lives are not their own ; 

 Their duty's to keep kings in awe, 

 Then calmly yield to Ketch and law. 



The theatres have broke their fast, 

 The banyan-day is done at last ; 

 Miss Fanny Kemble's Belvidera 

 Has made what lord mayors call an hcera 

 A Siddons', Crawford, Yates' revival ; 

 The elephant's her only rival 

 That mighty fair, with every charm 

 The stern to soothe, the cold to warm ; 

 That bringing all her chattels over, 

 The only goods unsearched at Dover ; 

 Plays Mathews' mistress every night, 

 Though none can deem her conduct light ; 

 Speaks to five hundred men, though dumb ; 

 No reasons gives, yet brings a plum. 



Three mighty club-rooms have been built, 

 Where the three corps of Guards might tilt ; 

 Three club-rooms, where you'll get a slice 

 Of bacon at three times the price ; 

 Three club-rooms, where a mob of fools 

 Make and unmake " eternal rules ;" 



