Be owed a debt of thankfulness that we

No longer tread the paths of level Pope

Or read those words that are not English-born.

(K. B. 16. V.)

THE CLOUDS

Among the spirits of the nearer air

There are three children of the sun and sea—

The Genii of the clouds; it is their care

To give the ocean’s bounty to the earth:

Oft they retain it in a time of dearth,