And how at his leaving the CZAR must rejoice!
And now I am in for it all, for awhile.
Ah, well, I must dress, and endeavour to smile.
Only if he would off it to Stamboul or Cairo,
Look up EMIN PASHA, survey Zanzibar,
Or try butterfly hunting at Kilimi Njaro,
The Crowned Heads of Europe were easier far.
But Africa's "fauna and flora" would pall—
He wants armies and fleets, or he can't rest at all.
Silesian manoeuvres! I know what they mean;