τί ἔχεις ἐν τῷ στόματι;
what have you in your mouth?
ἄρτον· χάριν ἔχω τῷ Θεῷ,
bread, thank God!
τί γράφεις; what are you writing?
ποίημα, a poem.
πότερον νοῦς ἔστιν ἐν τῷ ποιήματι;
is there any sense in the poem?
πῶς οὔ; οὐ φυσῶ φυσήματα ἐκ σαπῶνος,
of course; I don’t blow soap-bubbles.
ὁρᾷς ἐκεῖνον τὸν κόρακα;
do you see that crow?
ὁρῶ, περιπατεῖ ὡς κληρικὸς σεμνῷ τῷ βήματι,
I do; he walks like a clergyman, with a grave step.
τί ἐστι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἐνδόξου ἐκείνου ῥήτορος;
what is the name of that famous orator?
Γλάδστων, Gladstone.