V.
But 'twas not yet too late to mend;
He got dumb-bells, and shyly
He took the counsel of a friend
("Experimentum vili")
And tried them first on his left arm,
And found they acted like a charm!
VI.
Much bigger waxed his biceps, but
When this left arm was finished,
The left lobe of his occiput
Had sensibly diminished;
So then he went it, right and all,
To make his nut symmetrical!
VII.
His nut soon got so hardened that
It hurt you when you hit it;
Nor could his hatter find a hat
(Already made) to fit it,
So marvellously small it grew,
As all may judge from this back view.
VIII.
At length a happy day came round
(Which I was there, and drew it)
When Richard lifted from the ground
A paving-stone, and threw it
Almost one foot three-quarters high!
And that with ladies standing by!!
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