[Old Gent forks out with alacrity.


TO MY "PUFF PUFF"

Puff me away from the noise and the worry;

Puff me away from the desolate town;

Puff me—but don't be in too great a hurry;

Puff me, but don't in a tunnel break down.

Puff me away to my loved Isle of Thanet

Swiftly—or e'en at the pace called the snail's,