Delirium Tremens

Come, listen awhile to me, my lad, Come, listen to mo for a apell I Iet that terrible drum For a moment be dumb For your unc!e is going to tel What beíell A youth that loved liquor too well. A clover young man wae lio, my lad, And with beauty uncommonly uloBsed, Ere with brandy and wine He bogan to decline, And bebavcd like a person possessed ; I protest The temperance plan is Ihe best. Ono evoning he went to a tavern, my lad, He went to a tavern, one night, And, drinking too ruuch Rum, brandy and such, The chap got cxceedingly " tight ;' And was quite What your aunt would entitle a " fright." The fellow fell into a snoozo, my lad ; 'Tis a horrible slumber he takes - He trembles wíth fear, And acts very queer ; My oyes ! how he bhivers and ahakes When he wakee, And ravcs about horrid great snakes ! 'Tis a warning to yon and to me, my lad, A particular caution to all - Though no one can eee -. B ,■■ ■■- ■■ The viper but he- To hear thc poor lunatic bawl, - Ju II How they crawl ! All over tho floor and the wall !" Next morning he took to hia bed, my lad, Next morning hra took to his bed ; And he never got up, To dine or to sup, Though properly physicked and bied ; Aud I rcad Next day the poor fellow waa dcad. You've heard of tho enake in tho grase, my lad Of the viper concealed in tho grase ; But now vou iniiBt know, Man's deadlieptfoe 8 a snake of a different claes : Alas! Tis the viper that lurks in the glass."