Classic Poem

The book in which these figures grin
Will afterwards be written in
By Kings and Deans & Dukes & Earls
And worthy boys & wicked girls.

Here Mr Hugh Price Hughes ere long
Will write some rattling comic song
And the good ruler of Potsdam
Will write a funny telegram.

But turn at least to page nineteen
Where Li Hung Chang has written in
Chinese as pure as a pagoda
Exactly what I think of Rhoda.