Fifty "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
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The pennies for the chairs you sit on.
"My opening head is 'Kensington,' How walking there the sinner hardens, Which when I have enlarged upon, I go to 'Secondly'--its 'Gardens.' "My 'Thirdly' comprehendeth 'Hyde,' Of Secresy the guilts and shameses; My 'Fourthly'--'Park'--its verdure wide - My 'Fifthly' comprehends 'St. James's.' "That matter settled, I shall reach The 'Sixthly' in my solemn tether, And show that what is true of each, Is also true of all, together. "Then I shall demonstrate to you, According to the rules of WHATELY, That what is true of all, is true Of each, considered separately." In lavish stream his accents flow, TOM, BOB, and BILLY dare not flout him; He argued high, he argued low, He also argued round about him. "Ha, ha!" he said, "you loathe your ways, You writhe at these my words of warning, In agony your hands you raise." |
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