For when he prays he shuts his eyes,
And when he preaches he shuts mine.
IMPERSONAL.
Quoth Madam Bas Bleu, “I hear you have said,
Intellectual women are always your dread;
Now tell me, dear sir, is it true?”
“Why, yes,” said the wag, “Very likely I may
Have made the remark in a jocular way;
But then, on my honor, I didn’t mean you.”