PUMP AND PEWTER.
The Pump and Pewter met to-riafo Tho Pewter foaming for the fray ; * With oyes a-flameand arms of .sfeebl* ) He swore the water-god should feel His righteous wrath, hia deadly Hatio (Which, sooth A^as. never out. of. date,) But had been warmed to vengeance late; And thus the merry god bespake : — ' You wretched; elf/ yqu now'shallquak^ Long have I sought my wrath to wreak Upon your cold and bloodless cheek ; Your shivering sides and dripping spout Shall know what Bacchus is about. Now for the fray, mark you well, This fight shall now my p^ow'ess tell.' ' Calm, undismayed, the water-god Heard Bacchus .raye, with wink, and nod }<, The icicles within his veins' 1 '' "•" ' 7' Dissolved, as thus, in flowing strains,. He drew himself up, cold and gaunt,' And answered back the haughty .vaunt : -* ' Thou curse of every' land and tribe, Curse of the land and of the tide, From every mountain, hill, and vale, "Wrings up thy madness and thy wail ; In every clime beneath the stars The world bemoans thy burning scars A In ghastly power thy shadows fall Upon the cottage and the. hall ; The winds are burdened with thy sighs, And prayers that plead avenging skies, That from thy throne thou might's be hurl'd* And leave for aye a suffering world.'
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Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 73, 2 December 1875, Page 7
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