But what's good rule for one will fall quite crushingly
If 'tis adopted by a mighty nation.
Scipio, no doubt, was splendid in his modest
And generous dealings with those Spanish hostages;
But Salisbury-Scipio? Picture of the oddest!
Imperial rule is not all Penny Postages,
Dainty diplomacies, generous concessions
To Teuton tastes and Hohenzollern fancies;
Or faith in bland Caprivi's fine professions,
And wandering Weissmann's roseate romances.