“Yet your health is quite perfect, I wis,
And your back is unbent, and your muscles are strong,
Pray explain, sir, the meaning of this.”
“As a lad,” said the sage, with a glance that was sly,
“In my watch on myself I was strict,
I refrained when the postage-stamp courted my tongue,
And I let envelopes go unlicked.”
Funny Folks, June 6, 1885.
The Sequel to a Great Poem.