The Long and Short of It.
Ars longa est! All know what once that meant;
But cranks corrupt so sickeningly have shindied
About their Art of late, 'tis evident
The rendering now must be, "Art is long-winded!"
For Vita brevis,—all true men must hope,
Brief life for such base Art—and a short rope!
Motto—slightly modified from Gray's "Elegy"—for Stoddart's Eleven.—"Still in those 'ashes' live their wonted fire."