Classic Poem

I.

With Cynic's Snarl, and low'ring Brow,
On reading Advertiser,
Cries Harry to his urging Wife,
To-night we'll prove the wiser.

II.

No Maid of Mill can now go down,
Since Johnny B EARD is missing;
Who's this same M ORRIS ? — Well I know
His Fate will be a Hissing.

III.

But Spouse was wilful, go he must;
This Morn I heard him say,
Who could have thought it? Sure I saw
Friend B EARD himself display.