BALLAD FOR THE TIMES' SPECIAL SILVER NUMBER <br /> <br />Sez the Times a silver lining <br />Is what has set us pining, <br />Montague, Montague! <br /> <br />In the season sad and weary <br />When our minds are very bleary, <br />Montague, Montague! <br /> <br />There is Sir Hen. Deterding <br />His phrases interlarding, <br />Montague, Montague! <br /> <br />With the this and that and what <br />For putting silver on the spot, <br />Montague, Montague! <br /> <br />Just drop it in the slot <br />And it will surely boil the pot, <br />Montague, Montague! <br /> <br />Gold, of course, is solid too, <br />But some silver set to stew <br />Might do, too. Montague! <br />With a lively wood-pulp ‘ad’. <br /> <br />To cheer the bad and sad, <br />Montague, Montague!<br /><br />Ezra Pound<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alf-s-twelfth-bit/
