And does not the slightest harm.
Smoking hot in a smart tureen,
A rare old soup is the true Pea Green!
Punch. 1852.
“Official Routine.”
(A New Song to an old Tune, as sung in the War Office.)
Oh, a dainty growth is Official Routine,
That crawleth o’er systems old:
With red-tape tendrils clasping keen,