The Bachelor’s Wish.
Mr Walter Hamilton writes to Notes and Queries that he has come across the following lines written on the fly-leaf of an old volume of the • Repository,’ 1873 ; it is called the bachelor’s wish : 1 female companion to soften my cares, 2 thousand a year to support my affairs, 3 dogs and a gun to pass away time. 4 horses and chaise to indulge me and mine 5 jolly companions with whom to make merry, 6 dishes each day with six glasses of sherry, 7 beds in my house for my friends at their leisure, 8 something or other to add to their pleasure, 9 pounds in my pocket when ye same I require ; Oh ! grant but these. Heaven—no more I desire I A hundred and seven years, after all, have made little difference in our material aspirations.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 976, 14 November 1890, Page 4
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