Or will every sneering Yankee,
In his nasal tones, say "Thankee,
I guess this is just another of your mighty British 'sells'"?
Let the thought for ever perish, that the actor whom we cherish
Could fail to lick creation in The Bells!
But if there are detractors
Of this foremost of our actors,
Of the gentlemanly Irving—friend of Toole's—
"They are neither man nor woman, they are neither brute nor human,"
They are fools!