To be Chancellor again.

——:o:——

Afloat.

In the steamer, O my darling! when the foghorns scream and blow,

And the footsteps of the steward softly come and softly go.

When the passengers are groaning with a deep and sincere woe,

Will you think of me and love me, as you did not long ago?

In the cabin, O my darling! think not bitterly of me,

Though I rushed away and left you in the middle of our tea:

I was seized with a sudden longing to gaze upon the damp, deep sea—