O my Children, we, the older generation,
At whose feet you ought (in theory) to sit,
Are bewildered by your mental penetration,
We are dazzled by your wit!
But we hopefully anticipate a future
When the airship shall replace the motor-’bus,
And your children, when they meet you,
Shall inevitably treat you
Just as you are treating us!
[1] “As us” is not grammar.—Publishers’ Reader. “As we” is not verse.—H. G.