“ABOU BEN BUTLER.”
“Abou Ben Butler (may his tribe increase! )
Awoke one night down by the old Balize,
And saw, outside the comfort of his room,
Making it warmer for the gathering gloom,
A black man, shivering in the Winter’s cold.
Exceeding courage made Ben Butler bold;
And to the presence in the dark lie said,
“What wantest thou?” The figure raised its head,
And, with a look made of all sad accord,