...stunned parson sitting on a rock. What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had...nothing first, — Just as bubbles do when they burst. What final message Dave Packard meant to send to his lieutenants with this poem has been the subject...

...hour of the Earthquake shock ! What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around ? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had...been to the mill and ground ! You see, of course, if you 're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once, — All at once, and nothing first, — Just...