Benjamin West Ball

“ The Cricket's wiry song by night,
⁠By day the Humble Bee's,
The loudest noises are that float
⁠Upon the Elfin breeze.
Within this land, a multitude
⁠Of shadowy people dwell.
Whose words and deeds, in upper air,
⁠Men never cease to tell. ”

“ Cambysean Pistol, Peto, Poins,
⁠And Bardolph's fiery beak.
↑ The Sybarites, who lived in a hollow, were late risers, and they ostracised Chanticleer as a nuisance. It was unlawful in the same city, for braziers and smiths, of all kinds, to work, except with muffled hammers. ↑ The interlocutors in Boccaccio's enchanting Decameron. ↑ Marco Polo. ↑ Boar's Head. ”