And give all men credit for knowing still less,
And often I find this is so.”
“You are young, Randolph Churchill,” the old man cried,
“Yet you’re eloquent, too, in your way;
And your speeches are always reported at length,
Now, tell me the reason, I pray?”
“If I only can make enough noise while I’m young,”
Said Randolph—“Perhaps when I’m grey
Folks may come to believe me, and so I shall be,
A ‘Grand Old Man’ also some day.”