THE Russian votes the thing a bore:
He doesn’t want to go to war.

2 I fail to see the pleasure
Of spending hard-earned leisure
In daily jaunts
To slummy haunts
In search of buried treasure.

3 A wholly unprincipled pirate
Sold a book to whoe’er might desire it
At a ludicrous price.
If he tries the game twice,
On the treadmill he’s likely to gyrate.

4 Upon the fiscal question I
Hold no decided views.
I sometimes read the Daily Mail,
Sometimes the Daily News,
And thoroughly agree with each
That nought is true but what they teach.

5 In speaking of our cricketers,
This maxim guideth me,
If they win a match they’re “England”,
If they lose they’re “MCC”.