Deportmental ditties : and other verses . his juncture,You must simulate virtuous ire, And accuse him of trying to puncture Your tyre. If youre ever attacked by a lion, A camel, a bull, or a bear,Keep a human and resolute eye on The beast, till he slinks to his lair.(If this Powr of the Eye that we read of Is as absent as hair from an egg,You can always fall back on the Speed of The Leg.)51 Deportmental Ditties Last of all, if a humorous poet Should award you the fruits of his Muse-You will never peruse them, you know it, But you havent the heart to refuse—So remark, as their charms he rehears
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . his juncture,You must simulate virtuous ire, And accuse him of trying to puncture Your tyre. If youre ever attacked by a lion, A camel, a bull, or a bear,Keep a human and resolute eye on The beast, till he slinks to his lair.(If this Powr of the Eye that we read of Is as absent as hair from an egg,You can always fall back on the Speed of The Leg.)51 Deportmental Ditties Last of all, if a humorous poet Should award you the fruits of his Muse-You will never peruse them, you know it, But you havent the heart to refuse—So remark, as their charms he rehearses, How a merciful Fate you would thank,If his pages, as well as his verses, Were blank ! 52 No. XI.—INVITATIONS When youre writing invitations for receptions, bulls, collations,To your intimates, acquaintances, and neighbours, By a verbal indiscretion or an ill-advised expressionYou may miss the very object of your labours, And through lacking the advantage of a literary training, May impair a reputation for successful Though your Conversaziones may be crammed withfriends and cronies,Who wont criticise your grammar and your spelling,And by missives wrongly worded, strangers sometimesmay be herdedNeath the roof tree of your hospitable dwelling,By a lapse of taste or language folks are often much offended,—When your party is a failure and your soiree unattended. It is readily admitted that your phrases must be fitted To the status of the guests you are inviting,For what one accepts as normal to another seems informal, What a third enjoys a fourth regards as slighting;And what strikes the Upper Classes as a piece of maladroitnessMay be looked on by 61 ttoXXol as (forgive me) hoigh poloitness ! 53 D
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