DAUDET to him is e’ er Dodett;
Dumas he calls Dumass;
But prithee do not you forget
He’ s not at all an ass;
Because the books that he doth buy,
That on his shelf do stand,
Hold not one page his eagle eye
Hath not completely scanned.
And while this man’ s orthoepy
May not be what it should,
He knows what books contain, and he
“Can quote’ em pretty good.”