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Poem
February 21, 1817
Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
An Englishman traveling on foot in northern Scotland endures five weeks of constant rain, exhausting his patience. He complains to a local herdsman about the endless wet weather, who wittily replies that they sometimes get hail or snow instead.
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COLD COMFORT.
An Englishman once from New England
Had gone, in Scotland, to travel a foot and alone:
Five weeks most "wretchedly ground to the north
He had pass'd
And all the five weeks had the rain fallen first,
And still it was falling yet faster and faster,
(To such a pedestrian so trifling disaster;)
His patience exhausted—his clothes weasy—distress'—
He met an old herd, whom he gruffly address'd.
"Does no kind of weather in Scotland appear,
But this? have you rain everlastingly here?"
"Rain!" answered the man, as he pass'd him, "no,
We sometimes have Hail! Sur, and sometimes have Snow!"
An Englishman once from New England
Had gone, in Scotland, to travel a foot and alone:
Five weeks most "wretchedly ground to the north
He had pass'd
And all the five weeks had the rain fallen first,
And still it was falling yet faster and faster,
(To such a pedestrian so trifling disaster;)
His patience exhausted—his clothes weasy—distress'—
He met an old herd, whom he gruffly address'd.
"Does no kind of weather in Scotland appear,
But this? have you rain everlastingly here?"
"Rain!" answered the man, as he pass'd him, "no,
We sometimes have Hail! Sur, and sometimes have Snow!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Epigram
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Nature Seasons
Satire Society
What keywords are associated?
Englishman Scotland
Rain Weather
Cold Comfort
Herdsman Reply
Pedestrian Travel
Poem Details
Title
Cold Comfort.
Form / Style
Rhymed Couplets
Key Lines
"Rain!" Answered The Man, As He Pass'd Him, "No,
We Sometimes Have Hail! Sur, And Sometimes Have Snow!"