FIRE AND ALE.

By M. G. L.

Omnia transformat sese in miracula rerum.—Virgil.

My palate is parch'd with Pierian thirst,

Away to Parnassus I'm beckon'd;

List, warriors and dames, while my lay is rehears'd,

I sing of the singe of Miss Drury the first,

And the birth of Miss Drury the second.