And as Hamlet Prince of D.,
With many a clutch at his manly breast,
And a smile that is sweet to see.
For this is the reason some time ago,
At his theatre known as P.,
In “Lights of London” and “Romany Rye,”
And the “Silver King” did he
Lead up to the higher “Claudian” rôle
Of poetic tragedee,
Till he’d raised the taste of that theatre