SAXBY.
Who told us to look for squalls, For hailstones big as cricket baUs ; The thought of which our heart appals ? Why— Saxby Who told us that the ocean deep, Woidd Iconic with a tremendous sw r eep, And cover ev'ry rugged steep ? Why— Saxby! Who told us that terrific thunder, Would shake the world above, and under, Causing quite a " nine days' wonder ? " z ... .. Why— Saxby! Who told us thafc the great cyclone Would come with fury, tUI each* stone Of tower and chapel aU -were gone ? ■■•-.• Why— Saxby! But when the time did come to pass, We saw as "plain as in a glass," We were bamboozled by an ass, That Saxby! - — Punch. ■:■■ ■■ ■i - ■■ ■
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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 47, 24 February 1864, Page 3
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116SAXBY. Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 47, 24 February 1864, Page 3
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