The Rum Fiend And Other Poems
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These upper-world breezes I find rather rough.
And somehow my climate don't render me tough, So bring me a bumper of double-proof stuff.
Sweetened with brimstone ; a quart is enough For a moderate imbibition.
Stir up the mess in an iron cup, And heat by the fire till it bubbles up, The Rtcm Fiend.
And the hot foam hisses over the top; For such is the draught of perdition." As the foul imp bade, so the grog-selicr did, Fining a flagon with rum to the lid, With scrupulous circumspection.
And, whe...n it boiled and bubbled o'er, The liquid fire to his guest he bore With many a genuflexion.
Nick in a jiffy the hquor did quaff, And thanked his host with guttural laugh ; But faint and few were the smiles, I ween.
That on the grog-seller's face were seen To lighten its deep dejection.
For a mortal fear was on him then, And he deemed that the ways of living men Should never by him be trodden again ; That the doom-hour, dark and dismal, Delayed so long, in terror had come.
And his master, too, to call him home.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
These upper-world breezes I find rather rough.
And somehow my climate don't render me tough, So bring me a bumper of double-proof stuff.
Sweetened with brimstone ; a quart is enough For a moderate imbibition.
Stir up the mess in an iron cup, And heat by the fire till it bubbles up, The Rtcm Fiend.
And the hot foam hisses over the top; For such is the draught of perdition." As the foul imp bade, so the grog-selicr did, Fining a flagon with rum to the lid, With scrupulous circumspection.
And, whe...n it boiled and bubbled o'er, The liquid fire to his guest he bore With many a genuflexion.
Nick in a jiffy the hquor did quaff, And thanked his host with guttural laugh ; But faint and few were the smiles, I ween.
That on the grog-seller's face were seen To lighten its deep dejection.
For a mortal fear was on him then, And he deemed that the ways of living men Should never by him be trodden again ; That the doom-hour, dark and dismal, Delayed so long, in terror had come.
And his master, too, to call him home.
What to read after The Rum Fiend And Other Poems?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Burleigh, William Henry, 1812-1871 to read onlineMoreLess
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