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 Smiled as they wept those shining tears
 * Only Immortals know,

Whose feet are set among the stars,
 * Above the shifting snow.

And one spake out into the night
 * Before they left for ever,

"Rejoice, rejoice!" and his great voice
 * Rolled like a splendid river.

He spoke in Greek, which Britons speak
 * Seldom, and circumspectly;

But Mr. Judd, that man of mud,
 * Translated it correctly.

And when they heard that happy word
 * Policemen leapt and ambled:

The busmen pranced, the maidens danced,
 * The men in bowlers gambolled.

An Echo walked the town till late,
 * And found the long streets lonely:

At last she found a small brass plate
 * Inscribed

And so she went to Parliament;
 * But those ungainly men

Woke up from sleep, and turned about,
 * And fell asleep again.