Let others sip; mine shall be Blue!”

The Flavour was not Nice, ’tis true

(He felt a Pain inside his Waist).

“It is not well to overdo,”

Said he, “a just-acquired taste.”

The Shower passed; he joined in haste

His friends. With condescension great,

Said he, “I fear your time you waste;

Real Roses are quite out of date.”

He argued early, argued late,