The Wasp, 1918 · page 10 of 330
The Wasp — 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **no cartoon or satirical image**—it shows only text from what appears to be a literary work or serialized story. The content is a poem followed by the beginning of a prose narrative set in 1698 London, introducing a character named James Burnham who encounters prisoners being transported from Newgate jail. Without visual satirical material or clear historical/political references in the text itself, I cannot identify specific targets of satire or explain contemporary jokes to a modern reader. The page appears to be a **content page from The Wasp magazine**, but the actual satirical commentary—if present—would depend on the surrounding context or images not visible here. To properly analyze this as satire, I would need to see accompanying illustrations or have additional historical context about The Wasp's editorial focus.
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es - Ye who have seen the blush and bloom, The pearly sheen and opal gleam — At sunrise, in a wide sea-room, Of a new landfall sweet as dream ; -Ye who have seen the corpse-lights slide On swaying spars; ye who have known The scent of spices on the tide, And roses, from the horizon blown ; = And ye who dream these things—for you I cruise these summer isles again, -And drive my adventurous children through The straits of Youth and Joy and Pain. An honest tale for honest hearts ; — Good men and bad to do and dare, And lovers blithe to play their parts— Lay on to my salt sailor fare! _ James Burnuam had been in London a matter _ of three weeks when, one October morning in =the year 1698, he stepped into the doorway of a _ Cheapside shop to let a company of jail-birds from Newgate go by with their guards. Captain ptrine, a ey planter of Nevis, in - = Gomichooks.com