"OH YES, MONSIEUR
LE MARECHAL, I REMEMBER HER ONLY TOO WELL!"
_M. le Marechal._ "VAT 'AS BECAME OF 'ER, MADAME LA DUCHESSE?"
_Her Grace_ (_with a sigh_). "_ELLE N'EST PLUS!_"]
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STUDIES IN THE NEW POETRY.
NO. V.
It may be objected that _Mr. Punch's_ fifth example does not strictly
conform to the canons laid down by him in his prefatory remarks to No.
I. _Mr. Punch_ neither admits nor denies the charge. He is convinced,
however, that those who do him the honour to read these Studies, might
justly complain if he failed to include in them an example of the
work of a Poet who has shown our generation how rusticity and rhymes,
cattle and Conservative convictions, peasants and patriotism, may be
combined in verse. It is scarcely necessary to add that the author of
the following magnificent piece is Mr. A-FR-D A-ST-N. Like others who
might be named, he has not the honour to be an agricultural labourer;
but no living man has sung at greater length of rural life, and its
simple joys.
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