" If,
however, it be relegated to the concert-hall, as a Cantata, _The
Light of Asia_ may appear lighter than it does on the boards of Covent
Garden, where, intended to be a dramatic Opera, it only recalls to me
the title of one of RUDYARD KIPLING's stories, viz., _The Light that
Failed_.
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A SUTTON THOUGHT.--Mr. CHAMBERLAIN can now allude to Lord ROSEBERY as
"a Sutton person of his acquaintance."
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[Illustration: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
_Unfashionable Mother._ "WHAT A SWEET CHILD! HOW OLD IS SHE?"
_Fashionable Mother._ "WELL, REALLY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO ASK _THAT_
SORT OF QUESTION, I'D BETTER SEND FOR THE NURSE!"]
* * * * *
AN OLD SONG REVIVED.
(_As sung by the Champion Ulster "Comique," Colonel S-nd-rs-n,
to the old tune of "De Groves of de Pool," written by "honest
Dick Millikin."_)
Whillaloo! If they droive us to foighting,
'Tis ourselves who will lead 'em a dance,
Till, loike the Cork bhoys, they're deloighting,
_Back again_ to their homes to _advance_!
No longer in beating such rebels
We'll take than in baiting a bull.
How they'll squake, in effeminate trebles,
When Ulster's battalions are full!
Ri fol didder rol didder rol!
_We_ trate 'em as loving relations?
_We_ trust to the "Union of Hearts"?
_We_ heed the Grand Old One's orations?
_We_ play the Minority's parts?
_We_ bow to the yoke of TIM HEALY?
_We_ stoop to the Papisthry rule?
Faix! them who imagine it really
Must fancy that "Orange" spells "fool.
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