Part 26 (2/2)

Furious puppy pursues us, c.o.c.king a truculent tail.

Here we go skilfully skipping, Riding the resonant rail.

”Lozenges, peanuts, and candy!

Apples and oranges sweet!”

Legs are so frightfully bandy, Wonder he keeps on his feet.

”All the New York evening papers,-- Times, Tribune, World, Sun, and Mail!”

Here we go skilfully skipping, Riding the resonant rail.

Engine goes ”Whoos.h.!.+” at the station, Engine goes ”Whizz!” o'er the plain; Horses express consternation, Drivers remonstrate in vain.

Smoke-witches dancing about us, Sparks in a fiery train.

Here we go skilfully skipping, Riding the resonant rail.

Tinklety tinklety tink!

Tunklety tunklety tunk!

Nearing the station, I think.

Where is the check for my trunk?

”Boston!” and ”Boston!” and ”Boston!”

Home of my fathers, all hail!

Here we go joyfully jumping, Away from the resonant rail.

SANDY G.o.dOLPHIN.

Sandy G.o.dolphin sat up on the hill, And up on the hill sat he; And the only remark he was known to make, Was ”Fiddledy diddledy dee!”

He made it first in the high Hebrew, And then in the Dutch so low, In Turkish and Russian and Persian and Prussian, And rather more tongues than I know.

He made this remark until it was dark, And he could no longer see; Then he lighted his lamp, because it was damp, And gave him the neuralgee.

Sandy G.o.dolphin came down from the hill, And moaned in a dark despair: ”I've finished,” said he, ”with my fiddledy dee, For n.o.body seems to care.”

MY CLOCK.

My little clock, my little clock, He lives upon the shelf; He stands on four round golden feet, And so supports himself.

His face is very white and clean, His hands are very black; He has no soap to wash them with, And suffers from the lack.

He holds them up, his grimy hands, And points at me all day; ”Make haste, make haste, the moments waste!”

He always seems to say.

”Tick tock! tick tock! I am a clock; I'm always up to time.

Ding dong! ding dong! the whole day long My silver warnings chime.

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