God bless Democracy, George Bernard Shaw,
And William Dunn, our sanest, saintliest hatter!
God bless that great anomaly, the Law;
Aye, may our knights on hoarded tea wax fatter!
God bless Sir Arthur Yapp’s unfailing jaw,
Lord Lansdowne’s pen, and brave Horatio’s chatter!
And—lest in England Bolos quite prevail—
God bless King Northcliffe and his “Daily Mail!”
Long live the old Press—“Times,” “D. T.,” “Spectator”!
Long live the New—“Age,” “Europe,” “Statesman,” “Witness”!