And the eyes of the Devil they sparkled and flashed,
And he capered with great agility.
Said he, “Big Monopoly’s now all the go;
Mankind is enamoured of size and of show,
Modest industry’s stupid, small enterprise slow,
No room now for trade’s little fishes, oh! no.
To succeed you must be a big whale who can ‘blow.’
I shall re-arrange all my affairs down below,
And convert them into a Joint-Stock Co.,
With ‘Limited Liability.’”