Say, by Joe!—it was just midnight—so the world was upside down—
Aye, the world was upside down!"
John Bennett.
THE AMATEUR FLUTE
HEAR the fluter with his flute, Silver flute!
Oh, what a world of wailing is awakened by its toot!
How it demi-semi quavers
On the maddened air of night!
And defieth all endeavors
To escape the sound or sigh