For all things now there’s some new way—
To write, to seal, to fold, to pay;
And you must talk in idioms new,
And when you mean Post-paid must say,
“Prepaid,” by order of the U-
-niversal Penny Postage.
If aught’s not new the wonder’s great,
The tables are so turned of late,
E’en useful tables, though so true:
Your half-ounce makes one penny-weight,