“And you call that singing, do you, Dr. Verb?” said the Judge.
“Dr. Syntax, there, calls it conjugating, I believe,” said Dr. Verb; “but I think singing is a prettier and easier name for it.”
“But it is not a song at all,” said the Judge, nearly laughing again; “there is no tune in it, and no rhyme.”
“It is the best that Pronoun and I could make alone,” said Dr. Verb, angrily. “But it can be easily made to rhyme if the other Parts-of-Speech will help. Listen.
PRESENT TENSE.
I am an Englishman merry and bold,
Thou art a foreigner out in the cold,
He is a beggar-man hungry and old;
We are not happy to see you out there,
You are too snug and warm ever to care,