I say, should ancient Baalam’s steed,
(For so thou nam’st the man)
Tell thee in time to take good heed,
Thy manners rough to scan;
Or if, like thee, he write with ire,
And ask in angry strains,
What set thy sleepy muse on fire,
Or rous’d thy muddy brains?
Nay further, should he analize
The words “Oxygen Gas,”