Said I, &c.,
I’ll act on a new, if peculiar plan,
Said I, &c.
I’ll never consider the rôle that I play,
My method need change to a different way,
From the path that I’ve chosen I never will stray,
Said I &c.
The public are ready for anything new
Said I, &c.,
The æsthetes are raving o’er all that I do,