A VALENTINE. THE WEATHER. TO P. MURPHY, ESQ., M.N.S.
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These, properly speaking, being esteemed the three arms of Meteoric action.
EAR Murphy, to improve her charms, Your servant humbly begs; She thanks you for her leash of arms, But wants a brace of legs. Moreover, as you promise folks On certain days a drizzle; She thinks, in case she cannot rain, She should have means to mizzle. Some lightning too may just fall due, When woods begin to moult; And if she cannot “fork it out,” She’ll wish to make a bolt!
