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;