"Master, master, a rascal, a rascal!" rang thro' the harp-
strings.
Quickly the monster awoke, and wielding a cudgel,—
an oak tree,—
Chased little Jack with a shout of mighty, maniacal
anger;
Jack to the beanpod sprang with a leap, and desperate
hurl'd his
Limbs in a downward, furious, headlong pre-cipitation,
But for a wink up-glanced; his foeman's ponderous