Meantime the hail had ceased: and all the

brood

Of glaziers stole abroad to count their gains ;-
At every window, there were maids who stood
Lamenting o'er the glass's small remains,-
Or with coarse linens made the fractions good,
Stanching the wind in all the wounded panes,-
Or, holding candles to the panes, in doubt:
The wind resolved — blowing the candles out.

No house was whole that had a southern front,— No greenhouse but the same mishap befell; — Bow-windows and bell-glasses bore the brunt,No sex in glass was spared! For those who

dwell

On each hill-side, you might have swam a punt
In any of their parlors ; - Mrs. Snell
Was slopped out of her seat, and Mr. Hitchin
Had a flower-garden washed into a Kitchen.

But still the sea was mild, and quite disclaimed
The recent violence.-Each after each
The gentle waves a gentle murmur framed,
Tapping, like Woodpeckers, the hollow beach.
Howbeit his weather eye the seaman aimed
Across the calm, and hinted by his speech
A gale next morning-and when morning
broke,

There was a gale-"quite equal to bespoke."

Before high water

(it were better far To christen it not water then but waiter, For then the tide is serving at the bar) Rose such a swell — I never saw one greater! Black, jagged billows rearing up in war Like ragged roaring bears against the baiter, With lots of froth upon the shingle shed, Like stout poured out with a fine beachy head.

No open boat was open to a fare,

Or launched that morn on seven-shilling trips, No bathing woman waded

none would dare

A dipping in the wave – but waived their dips,

No seagull ventured on the stormy air,

And all the dreary coast was clear of ships;
For two lea shores upon the river Lea
Are not so perilous as one at sea.

Awe-struck we sat, and gazed upon the scene
Before us in such horrid hurly-burly,-
A boiling ocean of mixed black and green,
A sky of copper color, grim and surly,-
When lo, in that vast hollow scooped between
Two rolling Alps of water,-white and curly!
We saw a pair of little arms a-skimming,
Much like a first or last attempt at swimming!

Sometimes a hand

sometimes a little shoe Sometimes a skirt― sometimes a hank of hair

Just like a dabbled seaweed rose to view,
Sometimes a knee, sometimes a back was bare
At last a frightful summerset he threw

Right on the shingles. Any one could swear The lad was dead without a chance of perjury, And battered by the surge beyond all surgery!

However we snatched up the corse thus thrown,
Intending, Christian-like, to sod and turf it,
And after venting Pity's sigh and groan,
Then Curiosity began with her fit;

And lo! the features of the Small Unknown!
"Twas he that of the surf had had this surfeit!
And in his fob, the cause of late monopolies,
We found a contract signed with Mephistophiles !

A bond of blood, whereby the sinner gave
His forfeit soul to Satan in reversion,
Providing in this world he was to have
A lordship over luck, by whose exertion

He might control the course of cards, and brave
All throws of dice, but on a sea excursion

The juggling Demon, in his usual vein,

Seized the last cast.

main !

and Nicked him in the

LINES

TO A LADY ON HER DEPARTURE FOR INDIA.

Go where the waves run rather Holborn-hilly, And tempests make a soda-water sea,

Almost as rough as our rough Piccadilly,

And think of me!

Go where the mild Madeira ripens her juice,A wine more praised than it deserves to be! Go pass the Cape, just capable of ver-juice, And think of me!

Go where the Tiger in the darkness prowleth,
Making a midnight meal of he and she;
Go where the Lion in his hunger howleth,
And think of me!

Go where the serpent dangerously coileth,
Or lies along at full length like a tree,

Go where the Suttee in her own soot broileth,
And think of me!

Go where with human notes the Parrot dealeth
In mono-polly-logue with tongue as free,
And like a woman, all she can revealeth,

And think of me!

Go to the land of muslin and nankeening,
And parasols of straw where hats should be,
Go to the land of slaves and palankeening,
And think of me!

Go to the land of Jungles and of vast hills,
And tall bamboos
Go gaze upon their Elephants and Castles,
And think of me!

may none bamboozle thee!

Go where a cook must always be a currier,
And parch the peppered palate like a pea,
Go where the fierce mosquito is a worrier,
And think of me!

Go where the maiden on a marriage plan goes,
Consigned for wedlock to Calcutta's quay,
Where woman goes for mart, the same as mangoes,
And think of me!

Go where the sun is very hot and fervent,
Go to the land of pagod and rupee,

Where every black will be your slave and servant,

And think of me!