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Title: The bashful earthquake & other fables and verses
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935
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Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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TO THE WOLF AT THE DOOR. O Wolf, I do not dread thee as of yore, Time was when I would tremble in my shoes At sight of thee — when lo ! my pityng Muse Brought me wherewith to drive thee from the door. And since at last, 0 Wolf, my waning store Has lured thee back, she will not now refuse My invocation. So I cannot choose But cry, Help ! Wolf ! ^ that she may come once more. Mine is a Muse that listens with disdain To any call save that of appetite; And till thou camest all my prayers were vain, For while my purse was full, my brain was light. Therefore, 0 Wolf, I welcome thee again To speed the Muse — that I may dine to-night. 119
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120 THE FALL OF J. W. BEANE. A GHOST STORY. In all the Eastern hemisphereYou would nt find a knight, a peer,A viscount, earl or baronet,A marquis or a duke, nor yetA prince, or emperor, or king.Or sultan, czar, or anythingThat could in family pride surpassJ. Wentworth Beane of Boston, Mass.His family tree could far outscaleThe bean-stalk in the fairy tale;And Josephs coat would pale beforeThe blazond coat-of-arms he bore,The arms of his old ancestor.One Godfrey Beane, ^^ who crossed, you know,About two hundred years ago.He had it stamped, engraved, embossed,Without the least regard to cost,Upon his house, upon his gate,Upon his table-cloth, his plate,121 Upon his knocker, and his mat, Upon his watch, inside his hat; On scarf-pin, handkerchief, and screen, And cards ; in short, J. Wentworth Beane Contrived to have old Godfreys crest On everything that he possessed. And lastly, when he died, his will Proved to contain a codicil Directing that a sum be spent To carve it on his monument.

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