Fugitive poems connected with natural history and physical science / collected by the late C.G.B. Daubeny.

Date:
1869
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Credit: Fugitive poems connected with natural history and physical science / collected by the late C.G.B. Daubeny. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Monk-fish were paired, as if going to church, Anri the Sea-lark appeared to have fixed on a Perch. The Anchovy and Butter-fish jogged on together, And the Flying-fish stuck to the maritime Feather. By a dismal mischance, in the midst of the hustle, The llazor-fish shaved off the beard of a Mussel; The Torpedo was playing his gambols galvanic, Which threw the old Wife with the Buff in a panic; The Owl and the Toad felt a shock in the belly, And the Homback, recoiling, stuck fast in a Jelly; This the Angel provoked, drew a hiss from the Adder, Made the Dog mad with rage, and the Bounce was still madder. The Tub and the Butt both together were knocked, And the Calf, it is said, was prodigiously shocked; Down shrunk the Anemone, upturned the Pink, And the Cuttle-fish vented his anger in ink. The Dolphin was roused by the hiss of the Yiper, And judiciously brought up the whistle of Piper, He soon made out a tune with the Flat-fish and Sharp, And the Music-shell came with the Conch and the Harp. The Dolphin has harmony ever adored, Anil harmony soon by his means was restored. The King spouted “ Silence,” the lords whispered “ Shish,” And all in an instant were mute as a fish.