Classic Poem

And the Charming Miss Smith's Effect Upon Him

THWEET Poethy! let me lithp forthwith,
That I may thhing of the name of Smith —
Which name, alath!
In Harmony hath
No adequate rhyme, letht you grant me thith, —
That the thimple thibillant thound of eth —
(Which to thave my thoul, I can not expreth!)
Thuth I may thhingingly,
Wooingly and winningly
Thu — thu — thound in the name of Smith.

O give me a name that will rhyme with Smith, —
For wild and weird ath the sthrange name ith,
I would sthrangle a sthrain
And a thad refrain
Faint and sthweet ath a whithpered kissth;
I would thhing thome thong for the mythtic mitth
Who beareth the thingular name of Smith —
The dathzlingly brilli-ant,
Rarely rethilliant
Ap — pup — pellation of Smith!

O had I a name that would rhyme with Smith —
Thome rhythmical tincture of rethonant blith —
Thome melody rare
Ath the cherubth blare
On them little trumpeths they're foolin' with —
I would thit me down, and I'd thhing like thith
Of the girl of the thingular name of Smith —
The sthrangely curiouth,
Rich and luxuriouth
Pup — patronymic of Smith!