Engaged in Dolly dialogues with Mary Queen of Scots;
And persons in the Argosy for gold in Harper's toil,
Or interview physicians brought to light by Conan Doyle.
Not only in the fiction, too, I find my fancy trip,
The Idlers' Club are gathered at the Sign that bears a Ship,
While Blackwood's sober chronicler in quite a flippant way
Discusses "Without Prejudice" the topics of the day.
And so, although my intellect is reasonably strong,
It will not bear the strain of this bewilderment for long;
Please carve upon my tombstone when I quit terrestrial scenes,