Still on his thighs their wonted brogues are worn,

And thro' those brogues, still tatter'd and betorn,

His hindward charms gleam an unearthly white;

As when thro' broken clouds at night's high noon

Peeps in fair fragments forth the full-orb'd harvest-moon!


ROBERT SOUTHEY.

THE AMATORY POEMS OF ABEL SHUFFLEBOTTOM.

(THE DELLA CRUSCANS)