If when I overhauled the monthly coffers

I found the business part a trifle thin,

Choosing a model for the worst offender

I should unroll a still more lively lot

Of films depicting him in pomp and splendour,

"Swift glories," I should say, "and doomed to rot;"

And then turn on "The Day of Retribution,"

Shades of avengers in the world below

Prodding my man with verve and resolution,

And broiling him on spits exceeding slow,