is for Ibsen, reciting a play

While Irving and Ingersoll hasten away.




is for Johnson, who only says "Pish!"

To Jonah, who tells him his tale of a fish.




is the Kaiser, who kindly repeats

Some original verses to Kipling and Keats.




is Lafontaine, who finds he's unable

To interest Luther and Liszt in his fable,

While Loie continues to dance on the table.




is Macduff, who's prevailed upon Milton

And Montaigne and Manon to each try a kilt on.