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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [December 25, 1869.

VERY DEMORALISING.

Noble Sportsman. " Well, Jim, have you been in Jail lately for Night-Poaching ? "

Jim. "No, my Lord. I've been a Beatin all this Month to you Gents for Pot-Huntin', and that's enough to

take all notjons 0' real sport out of a chap ! "

TO BISHOP TROWER.

I wish I knew for certain, Bishop Trower,
How to pronounce your venerable name—

Whether it rhymes with spiritual power,
Or, which of course would be about t he same,

It sounds as gently as a summer shower :—

Or whether you pronounce it lower, slower,
And make it Trower !

My ignorance may stamp me as a noodle,
And may unfit me for my present task;

But I'm afraid to ask,

However much I wish,
Your worthy secretaries, Mr. Fish

And Mr. Boodle !

O Bishop Temple's would-be overthrower—
O Bishop Trower—

There may be truth in much that you maintained,
But in your case there is this serious flaw—
You choose to act against our English law :—

For this, among the rest, were you ordained ?

Besides, another matter you forget;

No one has made you yet
" The Master of the Temple," Doctor Trower !

True, once upon a time—
And this is Dr. Temple's only crime—
He wrote an Article—'twas one of seven :—
And though of heresy it gave no sign,
No trace of schism you could well define,
But spoke, as good men speak, of earth and heaven

Remember, good divine,
That with the self-same hand
Which wrote the one, he signed the Thirty-Nine !

As for his life, that happens to be known,

And is at least as noble as your own.

Fathers and mothers know what he has done

For many a dear and well-beloved son ;

How many a lad has learnt to be a man

In Arnold's school, on Arnold's Christian plan.

Now, in the ancient city of the West,

Through no ambitious yearnings of his own,
But in obedience to a high behest,
He takes his place upon the Bishop's throne.
" Semper Fidelis " says the proud old scroll.
Of the Cathedral-city, where, to-day,—
Whatever Trower, Fish, and Boodle say —
Men write the name of Temple on the rol! :—
" Semper Fidelis ! " Faithful to the last,
If we may judge his future from his past!

0, Orthodoxy's flower!

O, Reverend Doctor Trower !
If still your ardent spirit it should vex
Thus to see Temple Bishop by the Exe,

Your course is clear : you can resign, and be-•

What ?—An Ex-Bishop, Sir, as much as he !

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prove their minds by the perusal. _

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