Been dressed in gin,
Would she have been
Reflected fair?’
‘And then, after describing the beauty of Eden, with its rills and pellucid brooks bubbling through the fresh meads, he goes on:
‘Are not pure springs
And chrystal wells
The very things
For our Hotels?’
‘That, Sir, is excellent, and the somewhat homely imagery only enhances in my mind the truth of the sentiment. Pierpont, Sir, is a very great man.’
‘As great as Longfellow?’