Athwart “A WILDERNESS OF SUNS!”[69]
But Gifford comes, with why and wherefore;[70]
And what the devil are you there for?
Then tells a tale about the town,
Contrived to lessen our renown.
Says, if we rise but one inch higher,
We set our hat and wig on fire;
And that he’ll bet us ten to one
We shall be scorch’d like Phaeton.
Then I and Clio, as the case is,