That villain Yeh would break old English ties,

And British statesmen stoop to puff his Chinese lies?

Then ye might see cabs hurrying in hot haste

To Paddington, and Shoreditch, Euston-square,

And all the other stations—for no waste

Of time made Pam, nor did he even spare

His co-mates; for the ripen’d wheat and tare

Must grow and bloom together here, until

The reck’ning comes, and men’s hearts are laid bare.

And well did Ministers their own plots till,