A constant stream of "little strangers,"
Who, quickly grown to gallant rangers,
See that their families endure.
Not theirs to shirk paternal cares,
Moved by considerations sordid,
A child can always "be afforded";
The same applies to Belgian hares.
These noble brutes, pure Duty's pendants,
May live to see their blood vermilion
Coursing through something like a billion