Quintessence“To produce these spicy paragraphs, which have been unsuccessfully imitated by every newspaper in the State, requires the combined efforts of five able-bodied persons associated on the editorial staff of this journal.”—New York Herald.Sir Muscle speaks, and nations bend the ear:“Hark ye these Notes—our wit quintuple hear;Five able-bodied editors combineTheir strength prodigious in each laboured line!”O wondrous vintner! hopeless seemed the taskTo bung these drainings in a single cask;The riddle’s read—five leathern skins containThe working juice, and scarcely feel the strain.Saviours of Rome! will wonders never cease?A ballad cackled by five tuneful geese!Upon one Rosinante five stout knightsRide fiercely into visionary fights!A cap and bells five sturdy fools adorn,Five porkers battle for a grain of corn,Five donkeys squeeze into a narrow stall,Five tumble-bugs propel a single ball!
“To produce these spicy paragraphs, which have been unsuccessfully imitated by every newspaper in the State, requires the combined efforts of five able-bodied persons associated on the editorial staff of this journal.”—New York Herald.
Sir Muscle speaks, and nations bend the ear:“Hark ye these Notes—our wit quintuple hear;Five able-bodied editors combineTheir strength prodigious in each laboured line!”O wondrous vintner! hopeless seemed the taskTo bung these drainings in a single cask;The riddle’s read—five leathern skins containThe working juice, and scarcely feel the strain.Saviours of Rome! will wonders never cease?A ballad cackled by five tuneful geese!Upon one Rosinante five stout knightsRide fiercely into visionary fights!A cap and bells five sturdy fools adorn,Five porkers battle for a grain of corn,Five donkeys squeeze into a narrow stall,Five tumble-bugs propel a single ball!