"She makes me fire a gun," said BAGG; "She places sugar in my way— In public places calls me 'Sweet!' "Oh, woe! oh, sad! oh, dire to tell!" (Said BAINES) "Be good enough to stop." And senseless on the floor he fell With unpremeditated flop. Bab Said CAPTAIN BAGG, "Well, really I But, hang it-come-I say, you know!" But BAINES lay flat upon the floor, IN all the towns and cities fair On Merry England's broad expanse, No swordsman ever could compare With THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCE. The dauntless lad could fairly hew Divide a leg of mutton too And this without unwholesome strain. On whole half-sheep, with cunning trick, At Dover daily he'd prepare To hew and slash, behind, before— Which aggravated MONSIEUR PIERRE, Who watched him from the Calais shore. It caused good PIERRE to swear and dance, He was the bravest man in France- ་་ "Regardez, donc, ce cochon gres-Ce polisson! Oh, sacré bleu ! Son sabre, son plomb, et ses gigots! Comme cela m'ennuye, enfin, mon Dieu ! "Il sait que les foulards de soie Les gigots morts n'ont pas de quoi- But every day the headstrong lad Cut lead and mutton more and more; And every day, poor PIERRE, half mad, Shrieked loud defiance from his shore. HANCE had a mother, poor and old, She said, "I'll be upon the spot And so she left her leafy cot, And walked to Dover in a day. PIERRE had a doting mother, who At HANCE's doings every morn, With sheer delight his mother cried; And MONSIEUR PIERRE'S contemptuous scorn Filled his mamma with proper pride. |