And found it all a dream!
Next morning, so tradition tells,
His way to church Joe took,
To curse the Corporation swells
With candle, bell, and book.
* Justice compels me to state that the condition of the
swamp referred to has been materially improved of late, and
it is no longer the all-powerful and putrifying nuisance it
was.
He prayed that they might cursèd be
Within the Council hall,
At evening parties, breakfast, tea,—
At dinner most of all.