Of fearless pioneer—

He was, in point of fact, a joint

Who played his life for beer.

Smith sat upon the shanty floor

With blazing eyes and brain,

While, from the sand, the impish band

Of fantods sprang again:

[64] ]They mocked him with a phantom pot,

They laughed and lured and lied—

“A pint! or I,” he howled, “must die