The Bashful Earthquake, & Other Fables and Verses

Said the world, “My dear sir, you are right, there’s no crime Like dullness--henceforth I will try To be clever--forgive me! I’m taking your time, Perhaps we’ll meet later! Good...

As they floundered about in the waves of doubt Rose a fearful Hypothesis, Who gibbered with glee as they sank in the sea, And the last they saw was this:

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At midnight of the very day They laid J. Wentworth Beane away, No sooner had the clock come round To 12 P. M. than from the ground Arose a spectre, lank and lean, With frigid ai...