"The jackdaw sat on the Cardinal’s chair! Bishop and abbot and prior were there; Many a monk, and many a friar, Many a…"

"And the priests, with awe, As such freaks they saw, Said, “The Devil must be in that little Jackdaw!”"

"And six little Singing-boys,—dear little souls! In nice clean faces, and nice white stoles, Came in order due, Two by…"

"Next morning I was up betimes — I sent the Crier round, All with his bell and gold-laced hat, to say I'd give a pound…"

"Though I 've always consider'd Sir Christopher Wren, As an architect, one of the greatest of men; And, — talking of E…"

"What was to be done? — 'twas perfectly plain That they could not well hang the man over again: — What was to be done?…"

"Here's a corpse in the case with a sad swell'd face, And a 'Crowner's Quest' is a queer sort of thing!"

"Now haste ye, my handmaidens, haste and see How he sits there and glow'rs with his head on his knee!"

"But wherever they live, or whenever they die, They'll never get quit of young Hamilton Tighe."

"The Cardinal rose with a dignified look, He call’d for his candle, his bell, and his book: In holy anger, and pious g…"