Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-01
Aquac Regina.

'ritten for THE EVENING STAR
Malaria: patient racked enough
Tos snap his nerves aslnder;
And he had taken "a. intuHl s,tT
OF ali the scientific stun
Thai makes mankind 20 under.
III.
While suffering thus he fell asleep
Repeating some wild StanZa,
And though. he sank through oceans deep
Where scaly gods their yigils keep
dream eAtrlvaganza-
III.
Ere long the travel downward ceased,
And, with an exclamation,
He found himself, with fear increased
Where Curious people held q feast
y deep SEA celebration.
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Mid cory phceS on every side,
And uar.eIuins bonba5tic
Were ioi5tS, III manner uITnified,
And ladies, flushed with conscious pride,
ana Il bit fantastic
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Ab2shot, and feeling great concern
That coming thus should spoil 1t,
He thought he'd best al once return
- N'i-AI - i'O'Ss 10 } va tAAtlS ltaIu
He'd nlade hasty t0ileL
VI.
A rubber coat to touch the floor
Was just the garment needed;
But, iOohing round him, he was more
Than pleased &c. ind that no one wore
OF raiiIeLt more than he did.
VII.
a cOurtly crowd IL was he found,
\ king among them present;
They tOol- him in and showed him round
And cen princess, jewel crowned,
Helped MAKE his visit pleasant
VIII.
At table then, the princess near,
OF whom some more here liter,
4 seat was placed, and in his fear,
When asked 10 drink he CO led for beer,
Exciting shouts of laughter.
TX.
Confused at first he stopped TO think.
And sighed Tor some lone e-arrct
Where into darkness h could shrink.
When some one said, ''PFay name a drink
He answered, "Well, some claret.r
Y.
CproSe WTathy triton king,
Ana beloved Us u frog would:
Said he. Young man would thus you bring
Contempt upon our sacred ring
By drinking jti.e OF logwood?n
XII
And then with hope to rouse once more
A spirit blithe and merry.
The stranger bowed, as ceased the roar.
And murmuTed as wave passed DER.
''lll take little sherry"
XII.
Again the noisy welkin rang
Till, rousng from his shyness,
AS shouts he heard, HE ought to hangIn
He eyed the king and louder sang,
"Gln liz, your mighty highness"
XIII.
But quickly Judged they didn't keep
A subterranean geyser,
SO, ''Mighty Ruler OF the Deep,
He said. and felt his muscles creep,
"lll take some rock andre, SIR"
XIV.
Whereat the curious revelry
Shook all the oceans fixtures,
And broke again in furious giee
When His su5aqueous majesty
Denounced the vile admixtures.
XIV.
The strangers brain began to reel.
Likewise his trembling body;
No drink he'd known would they reveal,
From claret UP to golden seal
Or down 10 common toddy.
XVI
Then said the King, "'tis getting late,
And more delay is risky;
Who dimes with us must irrigated"
The guest then answered, desperate,
''Wen then, some bourbon whisky!n
XVII
Again the ocean seemed to sway
Amid the weird upheayal,
With shouts, and with trumpet's bray.
AS II the word he'd CHANGED to say
Had iO0sed The imps OF evil
xviii
And then tie princess spoke: 81 think
I'll settle this connection"
She said, and with a pleasant wink.
''The young man knows not what we rink
Down In the neither ocean,
XIX.
"Here, WAITER" then the princess said.
And something Ike instanter;
"Theres wine we drink when gods are wed.
Twill heal the sick, and raise the dead:
Bring me yon white decanter."
Xxx.
Twas like flash the servant came
And brought the wondrous fiuid,
And as the angel poured the same
She added, as she called his name,
"Drink deep, my noble Druid!D
XXI
With heart elats he slipped and quaffed
Like some old naval cruiser
When back to port he's brought his craft:
The gentle princess said, and laughed,
twill make god OF you, SIR"
XIII
Then answer fair aloud he spoke
To her, the Kings own daughter,
When 10! his voice the vision broke,
de only found, as he awoke
He'd had glass OF water.