It must verily burst, when the safety-valve opes
And the vapour unfettered from darkness elopes.
So it was with the monk; had his cough not dispersed,
Sure his lungs from the pressure had certainly burst.
"Hush!" said Murphy; "what's that?"
"Oh, 'tis naught but the cat,"
Said the dame, while her voice seemed confusing:
"She has been there all day,
And is most like at play