From the new cistern rose.
Peace! peace! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer!
Descend, you green-eyed fright!
I hate, while thus you screech, and spit, and swear,
The cat-infested night!
Punch, May 4, 1861.
Picked Up at the Stall Entrance to the Novelty Theatre.
I know a maiden fair to see—
K. V.! K. V.! (Cave!)