The child they’ve blest both soon and late.
And the godless waif? ’Twas Hell’s deep aim,
To damn this child with a felon’s name.
THE SLANDERER
Of all things vile beneath the sky,
By night or day that creep or fly;
The spider, bedbug, hated louse;
Or close-coiled rattler, gnawing mouse;
The buzzard, skunk, or murderous mink,