By just remarking, "

      Fiat!

     "

     One day they sat him by the sea

     To put his virtue to the test,

     And there, without conviction, he

     Threw off the following, by request:—

     "Ocean," he said, "I see your waves are wet"

     (Bravely he spoke, but in his heart he funked 'em),

     "So to your further progress here I set

     A period, or

      punctum

     ."

     He knew it wasn't any good

     Talking like that; and when the foam

     Made for his feet (he knew it would)

     He turned at once and made for home;

     And "I'm no god, but just a man," he cried,

     "And you, my sycophants, are sorry rotters,

     Who told your

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