Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JOHNSON. a 3Lag of fHotern iLontion. By THOMAS BLABBINGTON MACAWLEY. Stout Johnson, of Saint Thomas, By George and Jingo swore That the street door of Watkins Should hold its own no more. By George and Jingo swore he, And named a trysting day, For all his trusty friends on town To meet to tear the knocker down, And bear the bell away. Prom East-end and from West-end, His missives prompt entreat, Assistance (at his rooms resolv'd On making both ends meet), Shame on the craven spirit "Who sends a poor excuse, And smokes his pipe at home or strolls Ignobly on the loose ! The staunch allies in clusters Are dropping in apace, From many a lofty " chambers," From many a lowly " place," From " cribs," and " dens," and " quarters," And vague mysterious " rooms," Whose whereabouts to specify, No daring mind presumes. From Guy's across the water, From Strand adjacent Kings', From Charing, (which a shadow o'er The mourn'd Casino flings !) From Bartlemy's in Smithfield, Of accidents bereft! And Middlesex, whose course we trace From Oxford-street up Rathbone-place, By turning to the left. From wall-encircled Temple, Shut out from London's noise, "Where apron'd porters guard the way, And keep in awe the boys; From Gray's and dingy Clement's, (Where rents so mod'rate run!) And Lincoln's Inn, where stands, alas! Th' Insolvent Court,—besides a mass Of others of a noisome class (Requiring far more nerve to pass), Where no whitewashing's done. Rich are the chops whose gravy Exudes o'er Rhodes's bars; And sweet, at Evans's, the notes That issue from the singers' throats In spite of the cigars. Beyond all bands the waltzer Loves Laurent's (when in tune); Best of all grounds the bowler loves The American ...