“In the days of one’s youth,” Randolph Churchill replied,

“’Tis important to get oneself known;

And the best way of making a mark in the House,

Is to strike out a line of one’s own.”

“You are young, Randolph Churchill,” the old man cried,

“And wisdom with age comes, they say;

Yet on every topic you claim to be heard,

Now, tell me the reason, I pray?”

“I am young, it is true,” Randolph Churchill replied,

“But a smattering of most things I know;