VIII. "Fire the gun at blackest midnight! Fly Blue Peter' at the fore! Steam up, there! we're off at score ! My sublime designs gainsay, And I'll munch him, and I'll scrunch him, As a donkey cheweth hay! IX. "Think ye, those poor fools Columbus, Knew the half that I've forgotten, But for several years, through envy, X. "I was visiting Australia, Studying Aborigines, Noting Tory jobs and failures, Worsting Sir John Hay 'The Hammerer,** In the Dockyards, all alone. XI. "For at my strange birth presided Thetis and fair Amphitrite, I was cradled upon ocean In a memorable night. * Thor was called "The Hammerer." Mingled with my squalls infantine Came the black squall charged with fear; Stormy times mayhap betok'ning, But a very grand career! XII. "Many a time I've box'd the compass, To the Flying Dutchman's' story, Everything has helped the ladder That has lifted me to glory. * Hanno was the first discoverer of Gorillas. |