His store looked righteous, should the Parson come,
But in a dark back-room he rum,
And eased Ma'am Conscience, if she e'er would scold,
By christening it with water ere he sold.
But in a dark back-room he rum,
And eased Ma'am Conscience, if she e'er would scold,
By christening it with water ere he sold.
James Russell Lowell
