The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby

Author:Thomas Ingoldsby [Ingoldsby, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2022-02-23T00:00:00+00:00

THE BLACK MOUSQUETAIRE.

L'Envoye.

A moral more in point I scarce could hope Than this, from Mr. Alexander Pope.

If ever chance should bring some Cornet gay, And pious Maid,—as, possibly, it may,— From Knightsbridge Barracks, and the shades serene Of Clapham Rise, as far as Kensal Green; O'er some pale marble when they join their heads To kiss the falling tears each other sheds; Oh! may they pause!—and think, in silent awe, He, that he reads the words, "Ci gît St. Foix!"— She, that the tombstone which her eye surveys Bears this sad line,—"Hic jacet Sœur Therèse!"— Then shall they sigh, and weep, and murmuring say, "Oh! may we never play such tricks as they!"— And if at such a time some Bard there be, Some sober Bard, addicted much to tea And sentimental song—like Ingoldsby— If such there be—who sings and sips so well, Let him this sad, this tender story tell! Warn'd by the tale, the gentle pair shall boast, "I've 'scaped the Broken Heart!"—"and I the Ghost!!"

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