To taste the fresh Pierian springs,

To see Catullus scorch his wings

With the fierce flame that sears and stings—

For this I thank thee, Loeb.

I've made no fortune out of beer;

I'm not a plutocrat or peer,

Nor yet a bloated profiteer,

An OM or e'en an OBE;

But if I'd thirty pounds to spare

I'd go and blow them then and there