A Short Way with Wasps.
A plague of wasps infests the South
In consequence of the hot season!—
Humph! Is it torrid heat and drouth
Deprive our Commons of cool reason?
A plague of wasps infests the House!
Its managers the matter mull, for
They have not (like poor Hodge) the nous
To smoke pests out with (moral) sulphur!
To check Hayes Fisher's style, or Tim's tone,
Mellor tries treacle; he needs brimstone.
