The acid tongue with gourmet's expertise
His exaltation shocked both youth and crone
He bent right down and well what did he seize
One gathers rosebuds or grows old alone
They both are right not untamed mutterings
Nought can the mouse's timid nibbling stave
Such merchandise a melancholy brings
That every verbal shock aims to deprave
The wolf devours both sheep and shepherdess
With quill white-collared through his life will jog
Socrates watched his hemlock effervesce
Whiskey will always wake an Irish bog
Suits lisping Spanish tongues for whom say some
A wise loaf always knows its humblest crumb