Of blameless Mirth, and looks upon the morn.
“Good-fellow, and sweet Puck,” some folk do name him;
I pray you of your kindness not to blame him!
—Lo, while I would bespeak you, here he rides!
A columbine he bears upon his head
For jester’s cap, and for a steed he guides
A mocking catbird with a spider’s thread.
NARCISSUS IN CAMDEN.
A CLASSICAL DIALOGUE OF THE YEAR 1882.
(“In the course of his lecture Mr. ⸺ remarked that the most impressive room he had yet entered in America was the one in Camden town where he met ⸺ ⸺. It contained plenty of fresh air and sunlight.... On the table was a simple cruse of water.” ...)