Of Sir Francis Drake and his shipload of gold;
And Susan stopped and listened awhile,
Then opened the pews in the long, broad aisle,
Not over-pleased at the wonderful news.
‘’Tis only the gold that does good that is gain,
And I want not the gold of the pilots of Spain,’
Said the wise little woman who opened the pews.
V.
“’Twas in glimmering September—the hour, near noon;
The prayers had been read; the clerk gave out a tune,