Upon the object with a firmly glued eye,
And, though I moved by strange and devious ways,
To keep in view the goal, or finis ludi,
And ever let my language be
The language of diplomacy.
Thus BALFOUR learned the politician's game,
And thus LLOYD GEORGE was trained to be a Premier;
Thence many a leader who has leapt to fame
Got self-control, grew harder, tougher, phlegmier,
Reared in the virtues which prevail