Though catachrestical my song may be;

In a small garden catacomb she lies,

And cataclysms fill her comrades' eyes;

Borne on the air, the catacoustic song

Swells with her virtues' catalogue along;

No cataplasm could lengthen out her years,

Though mourning friends shed cataracts of tears

Once loud and strong her catechist-like voice

It dwindled to a catcall's squeaking noise;

Most categorical her virtues shone,