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THE DEMONS OF PIMLICO.
[From _Punch_.]
Edwin is a Young Bard, who has taken a lodging in a Quiet Street in Belgravia, that he may write his Oxford Prize Poem. The interlocutors are Demons of both s.e.xes.
EDWIN (composing). Where the sparkling fountain never ceases-- _Female Demon._ "_Wa-ter-creece-ses!_"
EDWIN. And liquid music on the marble floor tinkles-- _Male Demon._ "_Buy my perriwinkles!_"
EDWIN. Where the sad Oread oft retires to weep-- _Black Demon._ "_Sweep! Sweep!! Sweep!!!_"
EDWIN. And tears that comfort not must ever flow-- _Demon from Palestine._ "_Clo! Clo!! Old Clo!!!_"
EDWIN. There let me linger beneath the trees-- _Italian Demon._ "_Buy, Im-magees!_"
EDWIN. And weave long gra.s.ses into lovers' knots-- _Demon in white ap.r.o.n._ "_Pots! Pots!! Pots!!!_"
EDWIN. Oh! what vagrant dreams the fancy hatches-- _Ragged Old Demon._ "_Matches! Buy Matches!_"
EDWIN. She opes her treasure-cells, like Portia's caskets-- _Demon with Cart._ "_Baskets, any Baskets!_"
EDWIN. Spangles the air with thousand-coloured silks-- _Old Demon._ "_Buy my Wilks! Wilks!! Wilks!!!_"
EDWIN. Garments which the fairies might make habits-- _Lame Demon._ "_Rabbits, Hamps.h.i.+re Rabbits!_"
EDWIN. Visions like those the Interpreter of Bunyan's-- _Demon with a Stick._ "_Onions, a Rope of Onions!_"
EDWIN. And give glowing utterances to their kin-- _Dirty Demon._ "_Hare's skin or Rabbit skin!_"
EDWIN. In thoughts so bright the aching senses blind-- _Demon with Wheel._ "_Any knives or scissors to grind!_"
EDWIN. Though gone, the Deities that long ago-- _Grim Demon._ "_Dust Ho! Dust Ho!!_"
EDWIN. Yet, from her radiant bow no Iris settles-- _Swarthy Demon._ "_Mend your Pots and Kettles!_"
EDWIN. And sad and silent is the ancient seat-- _Demon with Skewers._ "_Cat's M-e-a-t!_"
EDWIN. For there is a spell that none can chase away-- _Demon with Organ._ "_Poor Dog Tray!_"
EDWIN. And a charm whose power must ever bend-- _Demon with Rushes._ "_Chairs! Old chairs to mend!_"
EDWIN. And still unbanished falters on the ear-- _Demon with Can._ "_Beer! Beer, any Beer!_"
EDWIN. Still Pan and Syrinx wander through the groves-- _She Demon._ "_Any Ornaments for your fire stoves!_"
EDWIN. Thus visited is the sacred ground-- _Second Demon with Organ._ "_Bobbing all around!_"
EDWIN. Ay, and for ever, while the planet rolls-- _Demon with Fish._ "_Mackerel or Soles!_"
EDWIN. Crushed Enceladus in torment groans-- _Little Demon._ "_Stones! Hearthstones!_"
EDWIN. While laves the sea, on the glittering strand-- _Third Demon with Organ._ "_O, 'tis hard to give the hand!_"
EDWIN. While, as the cygnet n.o.bly walks the water-- _Fourth Demon with Organ._ "_The Ratcatcher's Daughter!_"
EDWIN. And the Acropolis reveals to man-- _Fifth Demon with Organ._ "_Poor Mary Anne!_"
EDWIN. So long the presence, yes, the MENS DIVINA-- _Sixth Demon with Organ._ "_Villikins and his Dinah!_"
EDWIN. Shall breathe whereso'er the eye shoots-- _Six Dirty Germans with_-- "_The overture to Freischutz!_"
Here--EDWIN GOES MAD.
AND OUR WORK COMES TO A TIMELY
END.
