Who barely pouch one shrimp apiece for tea.

"I came," he says, "to swallow priceless ozone

Under Britannia's elemental spell;

She rules the waves, as all her conquered foes own;

I wish she ruled her seasides half as well.

"I don't know what the beaten Bosch may suffer

Compared with us who won the late dispute,

But if it equals this (it can't be tougher),

Why, then I feel some pity for the brute."

So by the London train upon the morrow