A Blow-Up
[Thomas Hood]
Genre: | Ballad, Drollery |
Subjects: | Manufactories, Accidents, Pharmaceuticals |
Describes an explosion at the mill of a 'Powder-maker', who makes 'Not vile apothecary's pounded stuffs, / But something blacker, bloodier, and louder, / Gun-powder!' (111). | |
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