Hey! 'Tis a riddle, A do and a diddle, A fad, and a lunatic lune; A scrawl and a smudge, And in fact arrant fudge, To be kicked to Art's limbo—and soon.
Monetary Multum in Parvo.
Do not spend your life in spending; Borrow never, promptly pay; Save—but not with toil unending; Give—but wisely—what you may: He who lends himself to lending, Gives himself away.
The Journalistic Jettatura.
Ibsen is angry that some Paul Pry Has "blown the gaff" on his Evil Eye. Personal prattle and egotist bounce, These great Ibsen may well denounce. Not to bewitch, but to swagger and spy, Is the basilisk task of our "Evil I."