VI

I’ve murdered insects with mock thunder:

Conscience, for that, in men don’t quail.

I’ve made bread from the bump of wonder:

That’s my business, and there’s my tale.

Fashion and rank all praised the professor:

Ay! and I’ve had my smile from the Queen:

Bravo, Jerry! she meant: God bless her!

Ain’t this a sermon on that scene?

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