It struck him dead: And serve him right!
It is the business of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan.
Lord Ali-Baba
Lord Ali-Baba was a Turk
Who hated every kind of work,
And would repose for hours at ease
With
Houris seated on his knees.
A happy life!—Until, one day
Mossoo Alphonse Effendi Bey
(A Younger Turk: the very cream
And essence of the New Regime)
Dispelled this Oriental dream
By granting him a place at Court,
High Coffee-grinder to the Porte,
Unpaid:—
