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The Russian Empire, as you see, / Is governed by an Autocrat, / A sort of human target he / For anarchists to practise at; / And much relieved most people are / Not to be lodging with the Czar.
The Russian lets his whiskers grow, / Smokes cigarettes at meal-times, and / Imbibes more 'vodki' than 'il faut'; / A habit which (I understand) / Enables him with ease to tell / His name, which nobody could spell.