A BOOK BY THE BROOK.

Give me a nook and a brook,

And let the proud world spin round;

Let it scramble by hook or by crook

For wealth or name with a sound,

You are welcome to amble your ways,

Aspirers to place or to glory;

May big bells jangle your praise,

And golden pens blazon your story;

For me, let me dwell in my nook,