XXXVI.

But Adeline was not indifferent: for (_Now_ for a common-place!) beneath the snow, As a Volcano holds the lava more Within--_et cætera_. Shall I go on?--No! I hate to hunt down a tired metaphor, So let the often-used Volcano go. Poor thing! How frequently, by me and others, It hath been stirred up till its smoke quite smothers!