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what's o'clock
As he is of everything but his cat,
Who shares his vigils
And has discovered the art of projecting herself into his visions.
He loves a thousand ladies, and foregathers with a thousand caravans.
To-day is as remote as yesterday,
And he is avid of either with the intensity of a partaker of each;
He could hobnob as blithely with Julius Cæsar as with
King George or Samuel Gompers,
And his opinions on affairs of the moment are those of an eye-witness
Although he never sets foot out-of-doors.
Indeed, Minerva, you should watch the step of this gentleman,
For he runs so swiftly past events and monuments it seems incredible he should not trip.
The walls of forbidden cities fall before him;
Who shares his vigils
And has discovered the art of projecting herself into his visions.
He loves a thousand ladies, and foregathers with a thousand caravans.
To-day is as remote as yesterday,
And he is avid of either with the intensity of a partaker of each;
He could hobnob as blithely with Julius Cæsar as with
King George or Samuel Gompers,
And his opinions on affairs of the moment are those of an eye-witness
Although he never sets foot out-of-doors.
Indeed, Minerva, you should watch the step of this gentleman,
For he runs so swiftly past events and monuments it seems incredible he should not trip.
The walls of forbidden cities fall before him;
