And of post cards and letters, some four score a day—
Ah, you listen, I see, with surprise.”
“That I do; People’s William,” the young man cried,
“As your various achievements you sum,
But ’tis not with wonder that longer I view
That well defined corn on your thumb.”
“Nor was this all I did,” People’s William replied,
“For I strove with my tongue, too, to teach,
And I lost ne’er a chance, howsoever it came,
Of making an à propos speech.”