Read, Read!

Read, read, Woodstock and Waverley,

Turn every page and read forward in order;

Read, read, every tale cleverly,

All the old novels are over the border!

Many a book lies dead, dusty, and never read,

Many a chiel wants a thread to his story;

While Walter, that king o’ men, just with his single pen,

Like a giant, well grogged, marches on in his glory!