Page:Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads, Kipling, 1899.djvu/21

Rh To play with maps and catalogues three idle hours a day,

And draw his plump retaining fee—which means his double pay.

Now, ever after dinner, when the coffee-cups are brought,

Ahasuerus waileth o'er the grand pianoforte;

And, thanks to fair Cornelia, his fame hath waxen great,

And Ahasuerus Jenkins is a power in the State!