‘But thousands should not tempt me here to stay.’

‘I’d not live here,’ says Teague, ‘among the Craters;

‘Give me dear Ireland, Whiskey and Paraters.’

Taking his Breakfast.

Thus time beguil’d in social chat was past,

When John reflected he’d not broke his Fast.

When from the Road a narrow path he took,

And gain’d a Rocky Bank, hard by a Brook.

For now friend Sol had his meridian got—