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A SUMMONS.

For I feared a summons, citing

Me to visit Mr. Hill; - he

"Ships" the culprit, will he, nil he.

My sins were red as scarlet

From a proctor's point of view; -

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Far more read than is Magenta, -

And I thought, or rather knew,

That the Faculty had sent a

Warning home for quite as few

Boyish faults as those which enter

On my page, - I, rather blue,

Tear the envelope in two.

O, howl for exultation!

Gentle reader, list; know that a

Hatter of undoubted talent

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