A READER

DAUDET to him is e’ er Dodett;

Dumas he calls Dumass;

But prithee do not you forget

He’ s not at all an ass;

Because the books that he doth buy,

That on his shelf do stand,

Hold not one page his eagle eye

Hath not completely scanned.

And while this man’ s orthoepy

May not be what it should,

He knows what books contain, and he

“Can quote’ em pretty good.”