At five precisely out went La Marquise
When masons clutch the breath we hold on loan
He bent right down and well what did he seize
And empty cages show lif'e bird has flown
Old Galileo's Pisan offerings
With sombre thoughts they grimly line the nave
In salads all chew grubs before they've wings
For burning bushes never fish forgave
Staunch pilgrims longest journeys can't depress
What things we did we went the whole darned hog
While homeward thirsts to each quenched glass say yes
Bard I adore your endless monologue
Do bank clerks rule their abacus by thumb?
They're kings we're mammal-cousins hi ho hum