Nor you, I think. The cattle frantic,

The tough steel plates beneath the might

Of crashing waters well-nigh riven—

Ugh! Here it is in black and white,

Clearly described by Frederick Niven.

Published by Heinemann (six bob),

The book relates the ceaseless battle

Which they must wage whose steady job

Is valeting a mob of cattle;

And yet they pant to get a ship,