JOLLY WET.

Hooray! It rains, it pelts, it pours,

At work I shall be free from bores,

Who call and stay. The storm that roars,

The wet, will keep them all in-doors.

I've but to dread the Postman's knock,

A sharp but momentary shock,

I'll hope that it may bring no worse,

Than some attempt upon my purse.

Prospectus, Circular, or Puff,

Into the fire just won't I stuff,

And smile, as to myself I say,

"That postage-stamp is thrown away!"