j 2 Miscellaneous Poems.

See that you hang them in the Roof full high,

That none our providential Plot descry ;

And when thou hast convey’d sufficient StoreOf Meat, and Drink, as I have said before,

And put a iharpen’d Ax in ev’ry Boat,

To cut the Cord, and set all afloat,

Then thro' the Gable of the House, which liesAbove the Stable, and the Garden spies,

Break out a Hole, so very large and wide,

Thro’ which our Tubs may fail upon the Tide.

Then wilt thou so much Mirth and Pleasure takeIn swimming, as the white Duck and the Drake.Then will I cry, Ho ! Alison , and John,

Be merry, for the Flood" will pass anon.

Then wilt thou answer, Master Nicholaj,Good-morrow, for I see it is broad Day.

Then shall we reign as Emperors for Life,

O’er all the World, like Noah and his Wife.

But one Thing I almost forgot to tell,

Which now comes into my Head (and mark me well)That on that very Night we go Abroad,

All must be hufh’d, and whisper not a Word ;

But all the Time employ our holy MindIn earnest Pray’rs, for thus has Heav’n enjoyn’d.

You and your Wife must take a fep’rate Place,Nor is there any Sin in such a Cafe.

To-morrow Night, when Men are fast asleep,

We to our Kneading-Tubs will slyly creep;

There will we sit eacli in his Ship apart,

And wait the Deluge with a patient Heart.

Go now ; I have no longer Time to spareIn Sermoning, use expeditious Care:

Your Apprehension needs no more Advice;

One Jingle Word's sujscient for the Wife:

And none, dear Landlord, can your Wit inform;

Go, save our Lives from this impending Storm.Away hies John, with melancholy Look,

And figh’d and groan'd at every Step he took.

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