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,