“Ah! weel a day,” then said the Dame,
But was affected sore,
“I see you have some small excuse
That you have done it for.
“I have some little hopes left yet
That you may yet have sense,
To know your high position, John,
Instead of saving pence.
“You yet will learn that duty, sir,
Cannot be ignored,
However disagreeable when
Placed before the board.
“And let me tell you he who shirks
The responsibility
Of seeing right, is doing wrong,
And earns humility.
“And ’tis an empty-headed dream,
To boast of skill and power,
But dare not even interfere
At this important hour.
“Better far confess at once
You’re not fit for your place,
Than have a name ‘Heroic,’ sir,
Branded with disgrace.
“But I’ll not say another word;
My deputies, to you;
But hope you will a warning take,
This moment from poor Loo.
“And hoping, John, your enemies
May never have the chance
To see you paid for watching Will
Thrash poor weak Louis France.”
