At five precisely out went La Marquise
Since Elgin left his nostrils in the stone
The understanding critic firstly sees
Which neither time nor tide can long postpone
Oh how oh how he hates such pilferings
Rejecting ermine to become a knave
Th'outrageous Thames a troubled arrow slings
To break a rule Britannia's might might waive
Platonic Greece was not so talentless
A piercint wit would sprightliest horses flog
Socrates watched his hemlock effervesce
Bard I adore your endless monologue
With marble souvenirs then fill a slum
They're kings we're mammal-cousins hi ho hum