With an elephant beyond them—here and there a casual lion.
You have seen in Pilgrim’s Progress the Celestial City stand
Like a hub in half a cart-wheel raying light o’er all the land.
Well, in that, it is the felloes of the wheel which cause the blaze;
So in Gloryville the fellows were the ones who made the rays.
When these views were well matured the Governor went to Amsterdam,
Where to Mynheer Schmuel Ganef first of all he made his slam:
At a glance each “saw” the other—at a glance they went aside,
And without a word of bother soon the plan was cut and dried.
For one hundred thousand dollars then the Governor at will