He suffered deeply and oft because
He wanted to be far more than he was;
His sensitive nature could not brook
That the public at anyone else should look.
He wanted to be the “Leopard Boy,”
And the “Phantom Lady” cold and coy,
The wonderful “Glass-devouring Star”
And the fair “Circassian,” from Mullingar!
He hated the sinuous “Human Snakes,”
Whose pictures sold like the hottest cakes,