Our Magpie and Stump.

But I rave—for the past of my pleasure

Has left me a little intense,

And the lolloping lilt of my measure

Is stronger in sound than in sense.

Yet an ecstasy must have its morrow,

And an ace may succumb to a trump;

So my spirit is sunken in sorrow,

Dear Magpie and Stump.

Farewell! nevermore shall thy chalice