I give you a bit of my mind—
And I do so with all the more roundness,
As your conduct amongst us has shown
A propriety, judgment, and soundness
Of taste, not surpassed by my own.
You've respected John Bull's little oddities,
Never trod on the old fellow's corns;
Chose his pictures and statue—commodities
Wherein his own blunders he mourns.
And if you're a leetle more German