Who have them—they shall further go,
The many-headed beast shall know,
That he must learn to read them too.
Yet blame me not for pride or pelf,
I've royal blood, the heralds say,
Insisting on it, yea or nay.
(I never heard of it myself).
And, furthermore, you ought to know
'Twas not my doing, I was sent—
The Premier ordered me, I went;