But 'tisn't so now as I lately have found.

They ask a whole National Gallery.

And every one wants his own fav'rite fust off.

Good old "Moonlight Scene"? Why, a yokel would scoff

At anythink bluey-and-yallery.

They claim fancy-chalks now, or pollychrome pastel;

It's no use to tip 'em a storm or a castle;

They want "local colour"—a lot of it.

Yes, something distinctly Welsh, Irish, or Scotch;

My pitch in these critical days is no cotch;