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About this time / in an Alpine / summer resort / The male fruit / of a Celtic couple / is baptized / Colossus / And the first time / that ever he sits up / devouring his pap / It is as if a pillar of iron / erects him / in place of a spine / And the first time / he opens his eyes / wittingly --
'Tis like an eagle / soaring on the sun / and the first time / he communes within himself / he decides / All words are lies / His gracious little lady -- bird / of a mamma / dresses him in velvet suits / of gentian blue / determined she will do / her best to keep him / a little gentleman / like his ancestors / even / if he does not live in / London / Her idea of rearing a son / is showing him to everyone / in the drawing -- room / for them to praise him / which idea is rather distorted / by the little one / throwing the tea -- pot / at Mme Follilot / because her top-knot / displeases him so / And who / would care to call at / any house / on finding the young master in the hall / pissing into our reverend pastor's hat?