With company select
Can’t tolerate the Bal Poudré
I am not surprised at all
For when there’s powder, cannons play
The mischief with a ball.
[11]While rector of St. James’s, Toronto, the late Canon Dumoulin protested against the holding of a bal poudré in aid of a local charity.
Wisdom and Fancy
From the German of A. G. Marius.
With weary steps as Wisdom trod
In Reason’s dusty way
Came Fancy with alluring nod