. The poetical works of Thomas Hood. With a memoir of the author ... ^ darling dear AleckYouve sent him oxalic ! ** Yes, yes, said the Doctor, I meant it for that 1 Then in comes by his mother,A blubbering gives a rat-tat,—* O., poor little sisterHas kicked off a blister ! * Yes, yes, said the Doctor, I meant it for that 1 Now home comes the flunky,His own powder-monkey,. THE VISION. 375 But dull as a donkey,— With basket and that,— * The draught for the Squire, sir. He chucked in the fire, sir,— ** Yes, yes,* said the Doctor, I meant it for that 1 * The next is
. The poetical works of Thomas Hood. With a memoir of the author ... ^ darling dear AleckYouve sent him oxalic ! ** Yes, yes, said the Doctor, I meant it for that 1 Then in comes by his mother,A blubbering gives a rat-tat,—* O., poor little sisterHas kicked off a blister ! * Yes, yes, said the Doctor, I meant it for that 1 Now home comes the flunky,His own powder-monkey,. THE VISION. 375 But dull as a donkey,— With basket and that,— * The draught for the Squire, sir. He chucked in the fire, sir,— ** Yes, yes,* said the Doctor, I meant it for that 1 * The next is the pompousHead Beadle, old Bumpus,—** Lord ! here is a rumpus :That pauper, Old Nat,In some drunken notionHas drunk up his lotion,—*** Yes, yes, said the Doctor, I meant it for that! At last comes a servant. In grief very fervent: •* Alas ! Dr. Derwent, Poor Master is flat! Hes drawn his last breath, sir,— That dose was his death, sir. * Yes, yes, said the Doctor, ** I meant it for that 1 THE VISION. Plague on*t ! the last was ill enough,This canuot but make better proof.—Cotton, As I sat the other of a single at once a change there cameIn the color of the flame. Strange it was the blaze to view. Blue as summer sky is blue : One ! two 1 three ! four ! five ! six ! seven !Eight! nine! ten ! it struck eleven ! Pale as sheet, with stifl*ened
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