How idiotic! Can Quinine
Replace Cold Baths and Sound Hygiene?
R
the Reviewer,
reviewing my book,
At which he had barely intended to look;
But the very first lines upon "A" were enough
To convince him the Verses were excellent stuff.
So he wrote, without stopping, for several days
In terms of extreme, but well-merited Praise.
To quote but one Passage: "No Person" (says he),
"Will be really content without purchasing three,
"While a Parent will send for a dozen or more,
"And strew them about on the Nursery Floor.
"The Versification might call for some strictures
"Were it not for its singular wit; while the Pictures,
"Tho' the handling of line is a little defective,
"Make up amply in verve what they lack in perspective."
Moral.
The habit of constantly telling the Truth
Will lend an additional lustre to Youth.
S
stands for Snail, who, though he be the least,
Is not an uninstructive Hornèd Beast.
His eyes are on his Horns, and when you shout
Or tickle them, the Horns go in and out.
Had Providence seen proper to endow
The furious Unicorn or sober Cow
With such a gift the one would never now
Appear so commonplace on Coats of Arms.
And what a fortune for our failing farms
If circus managers, with wealth untold,
Would take the Cows for half their weight in gold!
Moral.
Learn from the Snail to take reproof with patience,
And not put out your Horns on all occasions.
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