Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories 22The Sigh of the Season
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Literature · Humor
Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories 22
The Sigh of the Season
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Good-bye dinner, good-bye lunch,
Good-bye turtle, good-bye punch,
Good-bye jambon soaked in cham.,
Good-bye venison, cutlets lamb,
Good-bye salmon, smelts, and sole,
Good-bye Heidsieck's monopole,
Good-bye hock, sauterne, and sherry,
Good-bye all that makes me merry,
Good-bye liqueurs, petit verre,
Good-bye sauce au Vin Madère,
Good-bye all these joys of life,
Good-bye fork, and good-bye knife,
Good-bye all I take when out,
Good-bye then this twinge of gout!
Our Gallant Colonel. "Your daughters, my dear Mrs. Tympanum, are looking delightful to-night--simply delightful!"
Mrs. Tympanum (rather hard of hearing, and very intent on a rôti of ducklings). "Yes, aren't they! I've had them stuffed with sage and onions!"
(illustration)
"For when our veins are filled
With wine and feeding, we have suppler souls
Than in our priest-like fasts."--SHAKSPEARE: Coriolanus.
AFTER-DINNER CRITICISM.--Guest (who has had a pleasant evening, will just have a look at his host's pictures before he goes). "Yesh--(hic)--'like tha' pictsh're! Fi' lanshc'pe! 'Like the treesh! 'Branshes wave 'bout s' nash'rally!!!"]
