At five precisely out went La Marquise
When masons clutch the breath we held on loan
Forms shadowy with indecision wheeze
The thumb- and finger-prints of Al Capone
Old Galileo's Pisan offerings
Nought can the mouse's timid nibbling stave
They both are right not unformed smatterings
Etruscan words which Greece and Rome engrave
It's no good rich men crying Heaven Bless
One tongue will do to keep the verse agog
From cool Parnassus down to wild Loch Ness
Lobsters for sale must be our apologue
Though bretzels take the dols from board-room drum
The bell tolls fee-less fi-less fo-less fum