Oft by the women I am told
"Tomkins, my boy, you're growing o!d.
Look in the glass, and see how bare
Your poll appears reflected there.
No ringlets play around your brow;
'Tis all Sir Peter Laurie-ish[1] now."
[1] This is a graceful as well as a literal rendering of the bard
of Teos. The word [Greek: Psilon] signifying _nudus_,
_inanis_, _'envis_, _fatuus_; Anglice,--_Sir Peter Laurie-ish_
ED. OF "PUNCH."]