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 So drop all your carpers and sharpers, And let Civil Service go hang! Leave "Justice" to lie for the Harpers; Leave Forney the bolters to bang. A truce to satirical pennings At Fenton and Greeley & Co., Leave Schurz to be buttoned by Jennings; You tackle this Rauzan Margaux!

Rich velvet is lovely when sinking Down a fair woman's back in a mass; But velvet is better for drinking, When you conjure it into a glass. Once show it the road to your palate, It glides with perennial flow,