cards

Sir Gilbert Talbot. — ^The King's Jeweller ;

a great cheat at bowls and cards, not bom

to a shilling.

A house of cards

The waiters pass out weary, listless, glum,

To spend their tips on harlots, cards and rum.

And thus to me, who had in sight

The happy chance upon the cards,

Each beauty blossom’d in the light

(I wish he had been there to hear,)

'To send no cards, or tell me what

A nice new Cousin I had got!'

I never saw any difference

Between playing cards for money

And selling real estate,

The leaves of the docket shot and showered

Around me like a deck of cards

In the hands of a sleight of hand performer.

To the shuttle's play;

Who grows the wool, who cards and spins,

Who clips and ties;