I confess, in all lowliness, this is
Beyond my intelligence quite.
It may well be that I’m very silly,
But some of his songs seem to me
Like a mixture of very weak skilly
With ten times as much eau-de-vie.
His language is wrondrously charming,
And falls like a spell on the ear;
But there’s one thing that’s rather alarming—
Would it ever bring laughter or tear?