To crunch the innocent damosel;

And when we've nosed about and found

What looks to be a toothsome jawful

We call our mates and ring her round

With other dragons just as awful.

Prussia was ever such a maid;

Pink-toed and fair and free from guile

She frolicked in the flowery glade,

Pursuing Culture all the while;

Then, coached by Grey, the monsters came,