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ON READING SOME TESTIMONIALS.
(Dedicated to all Rhodes Scholars.)
My testimonial-writers fill
(Intentionally inexact)
The fauteuils nearest to the grill—
The hottest seats are always packed.
Intentionally inexact
They roast and crackle on the griddle,
The hottest seats are always packed
The frying fat sings like a fiddle.
They roast and crackle on the griddle
They wrote me better than I am,
The frying fat slugs like a fiddle
I do not give a single dn.
They wrote me better than I am
Thus making me a good deal worse,
They did not give a single dn
(Except when needed for the verse)
Thus making me a good deal worse
They disappoint the bright-eyed dons
Except when needed for the verse
They cannot tell their geese from swans.
