(_Suggestively dedicated to Lord Bury._)
Oh! tell me not that you will "clic"
When I can but "electricate,"
Or, "propelected," merely "tric"
A distance I might well "volate."
For if to "Faradate" or "Volt"
In "motored" motion I may "glide,"
I wonder why I may not "bolt,"
When called on to "electricide."
Yet as each word I clip and splice,
I'm more than half inclined to "trice."
Let others "elk" until they're wild,
I will not "lectroceed" or "glint,"
And though their trip be "poled" or "piled"
I need not "coil," or "spark," or "scint."
No, if "electroflected" force
They use to "clash" along their way,
I p'raps might "ohm" upon my course
Or even "squirm," if "clicked" to-day.
"But no! the _Times_ gives sound advice,
As matters stand, I think I'll "trice"!
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