We'd done the latest picture-shows,
Had honoured some with our approval,
Expressed a cultured scorn for those
That merited a prompt removal.
And then, to pass the time away,
Disliking melodramas tragic,
We chanced to go—oh, hapless day!—
To see some "feats of modern magic."
I don't deny the tricks were good,
Nor could you easily see through them,