Some answered by note, and some by card,
(Paper and pens and a barrel of ink.)
But when the question’s uncommonly hard,
The point of the query he’ll deftly shrink.
Oh, the postman puffs, and the postman swears,
(Paper and pens and a sheet of stamps.)
At the load of letters and cards he bears
To Hawarden gate in his daily tramps.
Oh, you who of letters and answers are fond,
(Paper and pens and a grey goose quill.)