And then—may rust upset yer works!

The poor man of his beer they'd rob, Sir,

Who'd rob poor Cabby of his perks!

A CONTENTED MIND.


TO A FEATHER-HEADED POET.

Oh, mountainous mouther of molehills, weak wielder of terrors outworn,

Discharger of sulphurous salvoes, effetely ferocious in scorn,

Shrill shrieker and sesquipedalian, befoamed and befumed and immense