QUOTH DUNRAVEN, NEVERMORE!
There's many a slip 'twixt "cup" and lip!
Is there not, good Dunraven?
You'll take your Transatlantic trip
Like sportsman, not like craven.
The "centre-board" against the keel
Has won. On woe we sup, Sir!
As in old nursery rhyme we feel
"The 'dish' ran away with the—cup," Sir!
The Valkyries, those valiant dames,