LAY OF A CITY SEWER. {Dedicated Without Permission to the Auckland City Fathers.)

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 174, 16 October 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

LAY OF A CITY SEWER. {Dedicated Without Permission to the Auckland City Fathers.)

1 ailently crawl through a populous city. Whore thousands of vict ims my odours inhale; . Tto small space to travel in. Oh, 'tis a pity Icanmot spread more of my balm on the Kale. Decayed flesh and tumors my bosom delight* eth, ITor surgical horrors I sigh not in v«in: r^Tet daily my terrors nobody affrightnth, And still flow on. Tm the Hospital Drain, My greatest delifthtis to stifle wayfarers, wLen peacefully wending their way about town; No mercy I show to all petticoat wearers. I send out my fames, and they must knuokle down. Yen horses I startle, whene'er they come near me, And passengers choke in the Kaipara train : Sre long I will teach "City Fathers" to fear me Aod let them all know I'm the Hospital Drain, My jnbilee time the hot rammer is coming On ! I'll enjoy myself thea every day ; When flow'rs are blooming, and btes softly humming. And nature's face amUing. looks verdant and gay, 3kfy steam will arise, and tho' none may perceive Hell's poison Til scatter through alley and lane. 11l breed plague and fever, aud tho' few believe Tb«ft> death for a host in the Hospital Drain. The grave-diggers wilLthen have work. Oh ! yes, pWty ; Grim coffins I'll fill and send off in a van * Of living ones d«ily I'll kill at least twenty— Toe threat js not idle, for do it I can. Tour hearths will bo vacant, tout street* all deserted. The mourner may weep for her lost ones in T»in; 32acb h'.rae to a chat eel house will bo converted. Through shameful neglect of the Hospital Drain. Oh ! You who have wives, who have sons and fair daughters. Betair. vb good litizers c'en while ye may ; Purify, ifj/oucan, my pdßtif«roua waters, Or better far— rapidly sweep them away. A nnisance so vite should bo quiokly abated. Who leaves it to triumph Is surely insane : Take warning, or coon you'll be asohyxiated, 1 Till Death I'm your 9-rrant. the Hospital Drain. J. O'M. Auckland, October 2nd. '886.