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Electric telegraphs, printing, gas,
Tobacco, balloons, and steam,
Are little events that have come to pass
Since the days of the old regime.
And, spite of Lempriere's dazzling page,
I'd give--though it might seem bold--
A hundred years of the Golden Age
For a year of the Age of Gold.

Henry Sambrooke Leigh

If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner,
And take to light claret instead of pale ale;
Look down with an utter contempt upon butter,
And never touch bread till its toasted--or stale.

Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Henry Sambrooke Leigh

Born: March 29, 1837

Died: June 16, 1883 (aged 46)

Bio: Henry Sambrooke Leigh was a writer and playwright.

Known for:

Strains from the Strand: Trifles in Verse (1882)
Gillott and Goosequill (1871)
A Town Garland; a Collection of Lyrics
Carols of Cockayne (1868)

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