THE way of a ship at racing speed

In a bit of a rising gale,

The way of a horse of the only breed

At a Droxford post-and-rail,

The way of a brand-new aeroplane

On a frosty winter dawn.

You'll come back to those again;

Wheel or cloche or slender rein

Will keep you young and clean and sane,

And glad that you were born.