Punch (98.1890)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[January 11, 1890.

DARES AND ENTELLUS.

[New Kon-Virgilian Version told by Punchms to the Shade of Sayerius in the Elysian Fields, With Intercalary Observations by the

Illustrious ex-Pugilist.)

Mr. Punch. "What do you think of that, Tom ?"

Shade of Sayers. "Think I" (Disgusted.) "Why, I think the sooner the P. R. 's put down, the better !"

Then bulky Dares in the ring appears,
Chucking his " castor" in 'midst husky cheers.
Dares, the so-called "Champion" of his land,
"Who met the great Khraint/s hand to hand,
And at the Pelieanus strove—in vain—
The Ethiopian's onset to sustain.
Such Dares was, and such he strode along,
And drew hoarse homage from the howling
throng.

His brawny breast and bulky arms he
shows,

His lifted fists around his head he throws,
Huge caveats to the inadvertent nose.
But Dares, who, although a sinewy brute,
Had not of late increased his old repute, _
Looked scarce like one prepared for gain or
loss,

And scornful of the surreptitious "cross;

Rather the kind of cove who tackled fair
Would think more of the "oorner" than

"the square."
{"Ah ! bust him, yes! " Sayerius here put in.
"He meant to tie or wrangle, not to win.
I'd like to-well, all right, I ivill not say:
But Hwasrit so at Farnborough in my day.")
Next stout Entellus for the strife prepares,
Strips off his ulster, and his body bares,