(But of which the poor author would soon be ashamed,
Did we print it,) the flame of our grate will supply!
All the house was at rest, and we heard not a sound,
But the little mouse scratching the wainscotting through,
And as slowly together the “Copy” we bound,
The clock in the kitchen (a cuckoo), sang two!
The New Monthly Belle Assemblée. April, 1836.
The Good-Pecker.
I saw by the steam that so gracefully curl’d