SELECT POETRY.
THE BAPTISM OF FIRE (From the Spectator.)
' ' Louis has had his baptism of fire." —timperor'B Telegram
'' How jolly, Papa ! how funny ! How the blue men tumble about ! Huzza ! there's a fellow's head off— How the pretty red blood spouts out !
" And look, what a jolly bonfire ! Wants nothing but coloured light; Oh, Papa ! burn a lot of cities, And burn the next one at night."
" Yes, child, 'tis operatic, But don't forget in your glee, For your sake this play is playing— That you may be worthy of me.
" They baptised you in Jordan water— Baptised as a Christian I mean ; But you come of the race of Cresar, And thus have their baptisms beeu.
'' Baptised in true Csesar fashion, Remember through all your years That your font was a burning city, And your water its widows' tears."
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Cromwell Argus, Volume 1, Issue 50, 26 October 1870, Page 6
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140SELECT POETRY. Cromwell Argus, Volume 1, Issue 50, 26 October 1870, Page 6
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