. Punch . i? ENCHANTRESS. emufic is the effort required to take theplunge which we promised lastweek ; but Come what comemay, time and the hour runthrough the vilest twaddle ; soouce—twice—thrice, and awaywe go into Bunns poetry. cuoitus. By the glimmering stars, So pure and pale,A gentle wind Yet swells our sail. Here the poet Bunn evidentlyuses the glimmering stars as hewould the immortal gingo or the holy poker. The stanza mightas well commence :— By the holy pure and pale ! Let us see, however, how thepoet proceeds:— Sons of the sea, The horizons markIs the constant guideTo our ga
. Punch . i? ENCHANTRESS. emufic is the effort required to take theplunge which we promised lastweek ; but Come what comemay, time and the hour runthrough the vilest twaddle ; soouce—twice—thrice, and awaywe go into Bunns poetry. cuoitus. By the glimmering stars, So pure and pale,A gentle wind Yet swells our sail. Here the poet Bunn evidentlyuses the glimmering stars as hewould the immortal gingo or the holy poker. The stanza mightas well commence :— By the holy pure and pale ! Let us see, however, how thepoet proceeds:— Sons of the sea, The horizons markIs the constant guideTo our gallant bark. These sons of the sea must have been as green as their native element;for, if they made the horizons mark their constant guide, we defy any oneon earth to say what the ship could have been driving at. We next come to a solo, which is omitted in the representation, but istoo good to be left out of the book, and is, therefore, printed betweeninverted commas, so that the public may lose no
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