Classic Poem

Dr. Kane did a good thing for science,
And showed a good heart, and so forth,
In going for Sir John Franklin
To search in the seas of the North.

But then in removing the barriers
Of the kingdom of Seignior John Frost,
And in breaking the Arctic Circle,
He could not have counted the cost.

He could not have thought of the mischief
Of fumbling around the North Pole;
Of pulling, and bending, then leaving
It dangling and loose in its hole.

Now the cold all escapes, and keeps pouring
Wherever it wishes to go,
And the glory of opening the Passage
Has covered the country with snow.