JUPITER TONANS!

"Shall I fetch your thunderbolt, Jove?" inquired Ganymede.—Ixion in Heaven.

Modern Jupiter loquitur:—

A bolt, a potent one, and brought at need!

That B-lf-r is a ready Ganymede.

And yet—and yet—ah, well, upon my soul,

A troublous function is the Thunderer's rôle.

'Tis vastly fine, of course; if fate would smile,

I fancy that the Cloud-Compeller's style

Would suit me sweetly; just the line I love;