Sir Tray, with spoon in hand, and cat on knee,

Spattering the mess about the chaps of Puss.

THE OLOGIES.

We’re going to begin with an ample Apology;

You’ll end, we are sure, by a hearty Doxology,

If, all undeterred by our strange Phraseology,

You chose to sit down to a dish of Tautology.

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One’s pestered in these days by so many ’ologies,

We thought we would fain see the tale of our foes;