Th’ effects of the dreadful electric machine;
Of the gymnotus eel, with one stroke of his tail
He would make the stout African elephant quail,
Or the heart of the horny rhinoceros quake,
Oh! may he ne’er visit this land or this lake.
The small swimming spider, with silky lined cell,
I have seen her manœuvre her own diving-bell.
They are endless the wonders of shallow and deep,
But I spare you the list, you are falling asleep.”
The rest of the party amused themselves well,