The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

by W. S. Gilbert

The kind of Art men rave about, but very seldom buy;

And everybody said

"How can he be repaid—

This very great—this very good—this very gifted man?"

But nobody could hit upon a practicable plan!

He was a great Inventor, and discovered, all alone,

A plan for making everybody's fortune but his own;

For, in business, an Inventor's little better than a fool,

And my highly-gifted friend was no exception to the rule.