From any well-worn point, secure and soon,

In his small oratorical balloon,

Expecting, when his high trip's end appears,

Descent upon a parachute of cheers;

When he decides, beneath a load of care,

What whiskered monogram his face shall wear;

When, from his mind's high shoulders cropping out,

Linguistic feathers constantly do sprout,

Which, ere they meet the cool outsider's scoff,

Require a quiet, friendly picking-off;