It would have been almost beyond a joke
For such a cloud to end in aught but smoke;
But had he been sedate, discreet, and staid, he
Had never quarrell'd about any lady;
And Grog-an, grog had mix'd, in better quarters,
Than came of mixing up in troubled waters.
[Illustration:
Mount! Eagle.
]
[Illustration:
Making light of it.
A burning shame.
]