In All The Woes That

A Man Is But An Ass Who Fights In A Cuirass

I Shall Carry To The Catacombs Of Age, Photographically Lined On The Tablet Of My Mind

After Many Unhappy Experiments In The Direction Of An Ideal Republic, It Was Found That What May Be Described As A Despotism Tempered By Dynamite Provides, On The Whole, The Most Satisfactory Description Of Ruler - An Autocrat Who Dares Not Abuse His Autocratic Power.

If The Jests That You Crack Have An Orthodox Smack, You May Get A Bland Smile From These Sages; But Should It, By Chance, Be Imported From France, Half-a-crown Is Stopped Out Of Your Wages!

Oh, Don't The Days Seem Lank And Long When All Goes Right And Nothing Goes Wrong, And Isn't Your Life Extremely Flat With Nothing Whatever To Grumble At!