"There is an exception to every Rule."
_Bayliss's "Mayden Lane."_
'Tis the voice of the Oyster,
I heard him complain,
"You have woke me too soon,
I must slumber again.
I'm fat and quite well--
Have no doubt on that head--
But say that I'm ill,
And _do_ leave me in bed.
"Just a little more sleep,
Just a little more rest;
How sweet, my dear friends,
I shall be at my best!
Oh, let me repose
Say till May--May the one'th--
When, as everyone knows,
There's no 'R' in the month!"
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[Illustration: "THE LIGHT FANTASTIC!"