Completed lay thy piece, swift penman Paul!

LXXVI

To Paris with the product! This dispatched,

One had to wait the Forty's slow and sure

Verdict, as best one might. Our penman scratched

Away perforce the itch that knows no cure

But daily paper-friction: more than matched

His first feat by a second—tribute pure

And heartfelt to the Forty when their voice

Should peal with one accord "Be Paul our choice!"