And his hearers think he has none.”

*  *  *  *  *

Thus, methinks, will Shepstone Junior

Prattle to the “dusky Monarch”

As he gazeth on the Commons,

Or in greasy state “does” London,

But if any one should ask me

Why we’ve brought this big “He nigger”

All across the big-sea-water—

This sounds better far than “ocean”—