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 * My object all sublime
 * I shall achieve in time—
 * To let the punishment fit the crime—
 * The punishment fit the crime;
 * And make each prisoner pent
 * Unwilling represent
 * A source of innocent merriment,
 * Of innocent merriment!

All prosy dull society sinners,
 * Who chatter and bleat and bore,
 * Are sent to hear sermons
 * From mystical Germans
 * Who preach from ten to four,

The amateur tenor, whose vocal villanies
 * All desire to shirk,
 * Shall, during off-hours,
 * Exhibit his powers
 * To Madame Tussaud's waxwork.

The lady who dies a chemical yellow,
 * Or stains her grey hair puce.
 * Or pinches her figger,
 * Is blacked like a nigger
 * With permanent walnut juice.

The idiot who, in railway carriages,
 * Scribbles on window panes.
 * We only suffer
 * To ride on a buffer
 * In Parliamentary trains.
 * My object all sublime
 * I shall achieve in time—
 * To let the punishment fit the crime—
 * The punishment fit the crime;