And of D’Israeli ... forti nil difficile,

Is likewise mine. Pygmalion was a fool

Who should have gone to school.

Why should an author scribble rhymes or articles?

Bring me a dozen tiny Tyndall particles;

Therefrom I’ll coin a dinner, Nash’s wine,

And a nice girl to dine.

Mortimer Collins.

MY LORD TOMNODDY

MY Lord Tomnoddy’s the son of an earl;