Aërostation

I happen to remember a few old verses of a squib on Lunardi, which may be enough seasoned with the dust of oblivion to interest some of your readers. "Good folks, can you believe your eyes? Vincenzo di Lunardi Has made a voyage to the skies, That foreigner foolhardy! "He went up in a round baloon (For moon is luna, Latin), To pay a visit to the moon; A basket-boat he sat in. "And side by side the moon, he cried 'How do, fair cousin moon? eh!' Through telescopes they were espied, Baloon—Lunardi—Luna. * * * * * "When weary on the wing, to perch Once more, and air abandon, Quite apropos he swoope…