HOT WATER
Courses down my sweltered form,
Lazy, languorous4 and warm.
I am unambitious, flaccid,
Well content to drowse and dream:
How I hate life's bitter acid—
Underneath6 this jet so torrid
Leave me in my shower-bath!
COLD WATER
But when I turn the crank
O Zeus!
I plan to make a card index of all my ideas
And feel like an efficiency expert.
I tweak Fate by the nose
And know I could succeed in anything.
I throw up my head
To-day I will really
Begin my career!
ON DEDICATING A NEW TEAPOT
Boiling water now is poured,
Round the hospitable14 board
Bread and butter is cut thin,
Cream and sugar, yes, bring them on;
And the dainty slice of lemon.
Let the marmalade be brought,
And, to catch the leaves, you ought
To be sure to have the tea-sieve.
But, before the cups be filled—
Cups that cause no ebriation—
Just by way of dedication19.
Here's your fortune, gentle pot:
To our thirst you offer slakeage;
Bright blue china, may I not
Hope no maid will cause you breakage.
Kindest ministrant to man,
And no meaner fortune than
Helen's gracious hand to pour you!
THE UNFORGIVABLE SYNTAX
A certain young man never knew
Just when to say whom and when who;
"The question of choosing,"
He said, "is confusing;
I wonder if which wouldn't do?"
Nothing is so illegitimate
As a noun when his verbs do not fit him; it
Makes him disturbed
If not properly verbed—
Lie and lay offer slips to the pen
That have bothered most excellent men:
You can say that you lay
In bed—yesterday;
If you do it to-day, you're a hen!
A person we met at a play
Was cruel to pronouns all day:
She would frequently cry
"Between you and I,
If only us girls had our way—!"

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