Punch (60.1871)

May 27, 1871.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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FROM THE DERBY.

THE FINISH.

Uncle Ben prefers a Back to his Seat going Home, which Claea thinks a dreadfully dull Arrangement, and
Destruction to her Dress,

Fanny has Forgotten her Veil, and is Miserable.

The Post-Boy is put under the Box-Seat, overpowered with Fatigue. George is ditto ; and Charlie Clipper con-
trives some Reins.

Mrs. George expects her Husband to "Topple over" every Minute, and Determines that Next Year she will have
no Champagne, but substitute Gooseberry-Wine in the Hampers !

AIRY, C.B.

Stars of nobleness should on deservers all shine.
One deserver there is in the very first line.
And what man to wear Stars can he fitter than he
The Astronomer-Royal is made a C.B.

This Philosopher this life at Alnwick began;
He has reached very nearly the full age of Man:
But the sheen of his Stars may we long live to see.
The Astronomer-Royal is made a C.B.

For a son of the North some may think the " Great Bear"
Were the meetest of all Constellations to wear.
But the " Southern Cross " was it not well to decree ?
The Astronomer-Royal is made a C.B.

As a Hero of Science, his deeds of renown
At length have acknowledgment won from the Crown.
By those triumphs right well he has earned a Knight's fee.
The Astronomer-Royal is made a C.B.

Such achievements as his, being graved on the skies,

Are well known to the spirits of great men and wise.

And " Behold! " they exclaimed, as they viewed Earth and Sea,

" The Astronomer-Royal is made a C.Bl"

Julius Caesar's great shade deemed an Order well spent
On the man who wrote well of his landing in Kent.
And to Brutus remarked, in a tone of high glee,
" The Astronomer-Royal is made a C.B."

Of his Tenth Legion's Standard the Bearer, with play
On the name of that corps, in his old Roman way,
Said, " The champion of Decimal Coinage for me ;
The Astronomer-Royal is made a C.B."

And Brunel, in the Spheres, thus did suffrage bestow:
" The Broad Gauge I (for Railways) preferred there below.
He contends for the narrow ; the wiser is he.
The Astronomer-Royal is made a C.B."

" And this George Biddell Airy," the Sun did exclaim,
" 0 Moon, ancient eclipses, wrong dates by the same
Setting right, has computed for you and for me :
The Astronomer-Royal is made a C.B."

A WOEFUL TALE.

The man who was over head and ears in love, but who has had his
nose put out of joint, is afraid to face the world because he thinks
the eyes of Europe, are upon him, and that society will browbeat him
and cast it in his teeth. As the organ of a large and respectable portion
of the body politic, we assure him that his misfortune is not in
everybody's mouth, and advise him to put a bold face on the matter
—to be, in fact, a little cheeky—and he will soon find himself able
to hold up his head again with the best of us with unblushing
effrontery. If he has an eye to the future, he must see that it would
be a great oversight to take a short-sighted view of things, and
retire from the public gaze.

Cheap Out-of-Door Breakfast.—A Roll on the Grass.