Near him bideth Dil-ki-kilkee,

Speaker of the thing which is not,

With the mighty Ver-no-narker,

Like some would-be dignified hip—

Popotamus by your rivers,

Far away see Carlisle’s Willfee—

Pal o’-yours, my Cetewayo,

Who’s so very fond of water

That he puts it in his speeches,

Till he drowns all his ideas,