When Miltiades shall next shirk Marathon,

Themistokles swap Salamis for—cake,

And Kimon grunt 'Peace, grant me dancing-girls!'

But sooner, hardly! twenty-five years since,

The war began,—such pleas for Peace have reached

A reasonable age. The end shows all!

And so with all the rest you advocate!

'Wise folk leave litigation! 'ware the wasps!

Whoso loves law and lawyers, heliast-like,

Wants hemlock!' None shows that so funnily.