TINKER DICKGood Parson Dickson preached, I'm told,A sermon—ah, 'twas very oldAnd very, very, bald!'Twas all about—I know not whatIt was about, nor what 'twas not."A Screw Loose" it was called.Whatever, Parson Dick, you say,The world will get each blessed dayStill more and more askew,And fall apart at last. Great snakes!What skillful tinker ever takesHis tongue to turn a screw?
Good Parson Dickson preached, I'm told,A sermon—ah, 'twas very oldAnd very, very, bald!'Twas all about—I know not whatIt was about, nor what 'twas not."A Screw Loose" it was called.Whatever, Parson Dick, you say,The world will get each blessed dayStill more and more askew,And fall apart at last. Great snakes!What skillful tinker ever takesHis tongue to turn a screw?