THE DEVIL'S LAST TRIP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPEC

TATOR. SIR—Seeing the Devil's Walk advertised in the Third Volume of the new edition of Sournev's Poems. I have attempted a sort of continuation of it. If you can find room for all or part of it in your valuable paper, you will oblige a constant reader. ROUGH AND READY. TIME,, CHRISTMAS 1957.

Oh the Devil us second trip would take ; Su in his nether town ; And came here with speed, and ordered a bed At his favourite house, the Crown.

Then lu• asked the waiter what's the news ?

Who told Imo speedily, That the landlord was dead, and in his stead Was a fine swung landlady.

And the Devil was not well pleased: For he saw that one so pure Would soon refuse to pay him his dues,— A thought he could not endure.

But he *sand her servants bad taken a plan, And one that scarce could fail 'em, For they promised her gold, as the Devil of eld Succeeded in tempting Italaam.

Then at ease our hero looked round

As the dinner was served three; And he saw Lord Met,. how he feasted well, And spoke in the landlady's ear.

And the Devil he grinned a grin, Though a human heart would grieve;

For Inc thottglit of himself, bow toad-like ones

he'd glozol in the ear of Eve!

He heard him advise a sacrifice To " Moloch, horrid king," Of gold and blood, his daily food, Her customers back to bring.

Trhy the customers bad been lost,

'Twould have puzzled him much to soy • Of the toe there was little to boast- 'Twas neglect from day to day.

Ile saw in man busily sawing away The bough on which he sate And he thought of one who the same had dose At the Royal Address Debate.

But JOHNNY Ching to it rope that was flung

Front above by a seeming friend ; And the Devil dia smile at sir 1'1.m:sins's suas

'When he saw a noose at the end.

He saw revised a l'ension-list With delicate attention: Sure this must stand, and that must stand,

And this, as the gilt of a Royal hand—

Of service there's no mention.

He saw men ranch afraid to excite An aristocratic grief: But ever they rudely questioned the her le Of starving poor who came to the Board Of Guardians for relief.

• . . .him there they faun Squat like a toad. close at tit(' ear of Ls e, A...,:tyiti4 by cut to tg.111,‘ of be,: fAiiry. :11,4! 1.': • !'.1 III 1--ions as It,- list. la tt. th-,tatt, ;

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Ile saw 0•Coirraw. much caressed For unceasing agitation ;

But hard words and blows are PAPINEAVS *m'9 Reward for a like application.

To bully the Crown l—he must be put down Though we lose ten thousand men: So the blood and gold of the people must pay For the faults of those who bear the sway.

It has happenetragain and again.

And even the Devil did grieve, Though no tender heart had he, To see how such servants could cruelly mar With a Civil List and a Civil War The hopes of the landlady.

'' 0 here will be always the Devil to pay; Sure, here I aced never come; I tere's one law for the rich and one for the poor.

And one for the weak on a distant shore And one for the strong at home."

Tiers he hied him back to his inn, Where the post.boys knew him well :

0 Here's a guinea for thee, and is guinea for thee-

Quisk, drive me buck to hell!"