Since he, like “little Vicky,” also sat
Upon a seat as hot; and when he rose,
Briefly exclaimed in his vernacular:—
“H’lam-kikqu’!” and being asked what this
Might mean, responded in the English tongue:
“Heap hell!” O reader! if the soul of wit
Be brevity, this Indian was there.
THE ORGANIST OF BERGAMO
“For blowing is not playing on the flute,
To do that well you must put fingers to’t.”