THE WIND IN A FROLIC.

The wind one morning sprung up from sleep,

Saying, "Now for a frolic! Now for a leap!

Now for a madcap galloping chase!

I'll make a commotion in every place!"

So it swept with a bustle right through a great town,

Creaking the signs and scattering down

Shutters, and whisking with merciless squalls,

Old women's bonnets and gingerbread stalls.

There never was heard a much lustier shout,