“You are old,” said the Prince, “and your head is too light
For anything stronger than water;
Yet you talk without ceasing from morning till night;
Do you think, at your age, that you oughter?”
“In my youth,” said the Kaiser, “I lived upon raw
Spanish onions, I ate with my knife;
And the strength that those onions gave to my jaw
Has lasted the rest of my life.”
“You are old,” said the Kronprins, “and one would suppose,
You would be just a little more humble;