A PERFECT ANCHORITE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9035, 18 March 1891, Page 4

A PERFECT ANCHORITE.

Xhere'9 them, you know, as likes to go a-larking, And hereabouts or thereabouts to roam ; But pardon my ingeniously remarking, That them there is as likes to stick at home. I once was in the swim, as you may term it And studied life in every funny phase ; i'ct lately I've become an utter hermit. I never takes no pleasure nowadays. When young I had a classic education, And t that's a thing us pulls a fellow through ; — My intellect was fit for any station, (Particularly Bow Street, entre nous). I went, whenever anybody took me Free, gratis, to tho operas or plays ; But somehow all my spirits has forsook me, I never takes no pleasure nowadays. In early life I patronised the Derby As oft as ever Derby Day occurred ; Then Epsom 'tfas a kind of rus in urbo (I speaks my Latin, mind you, like a bird), 'Twas fun to see the 'Varsities a-rowing, And on the race from Hammersmith to gaze. I'vo grown to bo tho slowest coach a-going ; I never takes no pleasure nowadays. I found a scientific institution Respectable, and yet a little slow ; I hardly ever missed an execution (Tbey hangs at present in the jail, you know). The tastes I had were very pugilistic ; I loved the ring and all it's pretty ways. I've lately been to no encounter fistic. I never takes no pleasure nowadays. My life's a great Sahara, dry and sandy, Without a blest oasis on the road; I lodge where not a single pub. is handy, And have a church in front of my abode. To go upon the spree is my aversion, At home in sulky solitude I stays; Except a week a year for an excursion, I never take no pleasure nowadays. Fun