LAPSUS LINGUÆ.
["There is scarcely one of us who does not violate some rule of English grammar in every sentence which he speaks."—Daily News.]
Never we dreamt of this horrible blundering!
Up to the present, we cheerfully spoke
Quite unaware of our errors, nor wondering
How many rules in each sentence we broke.
Now we can scarcely pronounce the admission that
Grammar and parsing we freely neglect,
Scarcely can dare to make humble petition that
Someone or other will cure this defect!