To wear his cast-off countenance!

“To rub his eyes whene’er they ache—

To wear his baldness ere you’re old—

To clean his teeth when you awake—

To blow his nose when you’ve a cold!”

His eyeballs glistened in his eyes—

I sat and watched and smoked my pipe;

“Bravo!” I said, “I recognise

The phrensy of your prototype!”

His scanty hair he wildly tore: