A POET'S PUNS.
Two puns by Hood merit quotation. In his poem on "Ben Battle and Faithless Nelly Gray":— A cannon ball took off his legs; So he laid down his arms. There he left the second leg And the forty-second foot (42nd Regiment). The boatswain swore with wicked words Enough to shock a saint, That though she did seem in a fit 'Twas nothing but a feint. - They went and told the sexton, And the sexton tolled the bell. You will be my death—Alas! You will not be my Nell (knell).
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 253, 24 October 1936, Page 1 (Supplement)
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92A POET'S PUNS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 253, 24 October 1936, Page 1 (Supplement)
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