A Wordsworthian Warble.
[Lady John Manners thinks it would be so nice to offer the postmen temperance gifts at Christmas—a cup of “tea, coffee, or cocoa,” for instance, and something to eat.]
Oft had I heard of Ralph Rattat—
His name is known to most men—
And t’other day it was my luck
To meet that pearl of postmen.
Upon a doorstep Ralph was stretched,
The while he let off stout cries,
And silently a crowd stood by
And listened to his outcries.