A Century of Parody and Imitation

by Unknown

All of these are sounds to rejoice in, yea to let your very ribs re-echo with:

But better than all of them is the absolutely last chord of the apparently inexhaustible pianoforte player.

TO A. T. M.

(F. W. H. MYERS)

See where the K., in sturdy self-reliance,

Thoughtful and placid as a brooding dove,

Stands, firmly sucking, in the cause of science,

Just such a peppermint as schoolboys love.

Suck, placid K.: the world will be thy debtor;