Chapter 21 of 41 · 56 words · ~1 min read

III.

How sweetly the sparks fly away now, And twinkle like stars in the sky; It’s a wonder the engines don’t play now, But I never saw water so shy! Why there isn’t enough for a snipe, And the fire is fiercer, alas! Oh! instead of the New River pipe, They have gone--that they have--to the gas!