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'The witches' device for the equitable distribution	A
of the liquor consisted in the construction	A
of tens of thousands of stopcocks and bungs	B
which were fitted into the perforations of the	C
cauldron and graded so nicely in calibre that	D
every species of fish from a sardine to a shark	E
might find perfect oral adjustment To provide	F
against all contingencies they had in addition	A
furnished each amphibious member of the Cretan	A
family with a ladle so that the weaker fish	G
unable to reach the taps and bung holes might	H
be supplied at the surface of the water But	I
notwithstanding all their powers of divination	A
the scheme came very near to being wrecked	J
first by the tremendous congregation of fish	G
and secondly by the advent of the wild hordes	B
from Hades Now it was not within the counsels	B
of either the witches or the Devil that the test	K
should be prejudiced by the Shades If they	L
arrived at all their r le would be severely	M
restricted to that of an audience But the	C
momentum of their rush carried them up against	N
the sides of the cauldron with such a terrific	O
impact that a vertical crack one hundred cubits	B
long was made near the top Fortunately however	P
for the experiment the Shades were immediately	M
driven back to the rear by a battalion of imps	B
and the crack served the purpose of allowing	Q
sufficient liquor to trickle through into the sea	B
to account for the inebriation of such fish as	B
those whose nervous constitution could not stand	R
the undiluted draughts '	S
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Byron	A
Now what the devil can be hid	T
In whisky straight or punch or sherbet	I
To give the doldrums to that squid	T
Or plant the horrors in that turbot	U
I never dreamed a calamary	P
Could get so dead stiff on Canary	P
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Wolsey	P
I've watched the effect of many a dram	V
On Richmond and on Buckingham	V
And with good reasons have I mourned	W
To see my Royal Henry corned	W
And many a noble prelate losing	Q
His benefice by one night's boozing	Q
But till this hour I never knew	A
What alcoholic draughts could do	A
To change a salmon or a hake	X
Into a paralytic rake	X
Or how a drunken sturgeon felt	W
When fever burned inside his pelt	W
	-
Campeggio	X
Now by my Hat and Clement's foot	W
What kind of devil must have dwelt	W
Inside a liquor that could put	W
Delirium tremens in a smelt	W
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Pepys	P
What maddening impulse makes that shark	X
Which ought by its own nature choose a	C
Mate of its own kind to spark	X
With that gelatinous Medusa	C
	-
Paracelsus	C
They say that mortals may go mad	W
Beneath thy beams Divinest Luna	C
But how canst thou debauch a shad	W
Create an epileptic tuna	C
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Gulliver	P
I saw a sardine just now glut	W
His hunger on a halibut	W
	-
Samuel Butler	P
How could a thing like rye or hops stir	P
The turgid corpus of a lobster	P
And thus induce an inflammation	A
Within the shell of a crustacean	A
	-
Samson	A
I saw a small phlegmatic mullet	W
Holding a dogfish by the gullet	W
	-
Saint Patrick	X
Such crimes as from the sea arise	C
Beat out the days of old Gomorrah	C
Had I not seen it with my eyes	C
I would not have believed begorra	C

E. J. Pratt

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