We shall always retort with a sting when we're stung,

With the bees in our bonnet, the D's on our tongue.

And the words that are honeyed shall fade like a myth,

When an ATKINSON stands in the shoes of a SMITH.


GENUS IRRITABILE.

First Bard. "SEEN MY SONNETS IN THE PACIFIC WEEKLY?"

Second Bard. "YES."

First Bard. "LIKE THEM?"