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

by W. S. Gilbert

By competition lawful—

The goblin backed the Quaint Grotesque,

The ghost the Grandly Awful.

"Now," said the goblin, "here's my plan—

In attitude commanding,

I see a stalwart Englishman

By yonder tailor's standing.

"The very fittest man on earth

My influence to try on—

Of gentle, p'raps of noble birth,