Some cried out—"Make way for the Verbs!"
A great crowd is coming in view—
To Bite and to Smite,
And to Light and to Fight,
To Be, and to Have, and to Do.
The Adverbs attend on the Verbs,
Behind them as footmen they run;
As thus:—"To fight Badly,
They run away Gladly,"
Shows how fighting and running were done.
Prepositions came—In, By, and Near,
With Conjunctions, a poor little band,
As—"Either you Or me,
But Neither them Nor he"
They held their great friends by the hand.
Then, with Hip, Hip, Hurra!
Hushed Interjections uproarious—
"Oh, dear! Well-a-day!"
When they saw the display,
"Ha! ha!" they all shouted out, "Glorious!"
But, alas, what misfortunes were nigh!
While the fun and the feastings pleased each,
There pounced in at once
A monster—a Dunce,
And confounded the Nine parts of Speech!
Help, friends! to the rescue! on you
For aid Noun and Article call,—
Oh, give your protection
To poor Interjection,
Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, and all!
[HOW THE MONEY COMES.]
Queer John has sung, how money goes,
But how it comes, who knows? Who knows?
Why every Yankee mother's son
Can tell you how "the thing" is done.
It comes by honest toil and trade;
By wielding sledge and driving spade,
And building ships, balloons, and drums;
And that's the way the money comes.