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

by W. S. Gilbert

Pond answered, "Of course it's quite clear";

And so did that humbug Morell.

"Its tone's esoteric in force—

I trust that I make myself clear?"

Morell only answered, "Of course,"

While Pond slowly muttered, "Hear, hear."

"Volition—celestial prize,

Pellucid as porphyry cell—

Is based on a principle wise."

"Quite so," exclaimed Pond and Morell.