The acid tongue with gourmet's expertise
The bull's horns ought to dry it like a bone
Replies like this the dumbstruck brain may tease
Normal one aims to be and share the throne
And yet 'twas he the beggar Fate just flings
Rejecting ermine to become a knave
The learning linguist cameramaniac sings
The nicest kids for strickiest toffees crave
The genealogist with field and fess
In indian summers Englishmen drink grog
And played their mountain croquet jungle chess
Southern baroque's seductive dialogue
Poor reader smile before your lips go numb
A wise loaf always knows its humblest crumb