'Rare, rarer, rarest, not rare but unique,'—

The shelf, Saint-Rambert, of your cabinet,

Unlabelled,—virginal, no Rahab-thread

For blushing-token of the spy's success,—

Would taunt with vacancy, I undertake!

What, yonder is your best apology,

Pretence at most approach to naughtiness,

Impingement of the ruddy on the blank?

This is the criminal Saint-Rambertese

Who smuggled in tobacco, half-a-pound!