From men that mocked the sea-kings' fibres
By opening funds, but these appealed
To singularly few subscribers.
"A trifling hundred thou.," they wrote,
"To ease the joints and stiffening sockets."
The public acted like a goat,
They kept the cash inside their pockets.
So mused I sadly; and since new
Sensations oft from grief can jerk us
I went to see the "Wonder Zoo,"