THE HOUSE ADJOURNED.

SONNET.

THE sky is glowing in one ruddy sheet;—

A cry of fire! resounds from door to door;

And westward still the thronging people pour;—

The turncock hastens to F. P. 6 feet,

And quick unlocks the fountains of the street;

While rumbling engines, with increasing roar,

Thunder along to luckless Number Four,

Where Mr. Dough makes bread for folks to eat.