How good his Lava Bed, 1
To this laborious Boy－
Who must be up to call the World
And dress the sleepy Day－
To this laborious Boy－
Who must be up to call the World
And dress the sleepy Day－
(F.1472/J.1447)
[1] Lava Bed:: a stone bed for printing newspapers. Cupid, the son of Venus and Vulcan, sleeps in the lava bed.
[2] laborious Boy:: a newspaper boy (or Cupid).
[3] call the World:: to deliver newspapers (or love).
[4] sleepy Day:: a dull, boring day to be dressed by newspapers (or love).
The New Hampshire Patriot had then over three thousand subscribers, . . . It was worked on an Adam Ramage Press; the stone bed held two pages, but the platen was so small that two pulls were required to print one side. The ink was applied with balls. ─ Convention of New-Hampshire Publishers, Editors, and Printers (1868)
In the office where this little book is printed, there is one of there old wooden presses－a great clumsy thing, with a stone bed to lay the types on; and it takes two hard pulls to make an impression, and that not a good one. ─ The Children's Magazine (1848)
