That with feelings of scorn not unmingled with pity,

You hurry on fast with a stiff little nod.

Be his craze "speculation," "a crush," "a small dinner,"

A christening, marriage, a death or a birth,—

There's a limpness of purpose that shows, though no sinner.

Why the dim "One-horse" Householder cumbers the earth!


A LIVELY PROSPECT.