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