If you want a receipt for that popular mystery,
Known to the world as a Heavy Dragoon,
Take all the remarkable people in history,
Rattle them off to a popular tune!
The pluck of
RD
ON on board of the
RY -Genius of
CK devising a plan;
The humour of
NG (which sounds contradictory) -Coolness of
ET about to trepan -The grace of
RT, that unparalleled musico -Wit of
AY, who wrote of
EN
NE -The pathos of
DY, as rendered by
LT -Style of the
OP OF
OR
ND
AN -The dash of a
AY, divested of quackery -Narrative powers of
NS and
AY
OR
EL - peak-haunting
IL
AS
AS, and
OR
LL
ER and
ON -
EL
OE
NY
PE and
ER
OT!
Take of these elements all that is fusible,
Melt 'em all down in a pipkin or crucible,
Set 'em to simmer and take off the scum,
And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum!
If you want a receipt for this soldierlike paragon,
Get at the wealth of the
AR (if you can) -The family pride of a Spaniard from Arragon -Force of
TO pronouncing a ban -A smack of
RD
RD, reckless and rollicky -Swagger of
CK, heading his clan -The keen penetration of
ON
KY -Grace of an Odalisque on a divan -The genius strategic of
AR or
AL -Skill of
RD
EY in thrashing a cannibal -Flavour of
ET - the
ER, a touch of him -Little of
ED (but not very much of him) -Beadle of Burlington -
ON'S show -MR.
ER and
ME
UD!
Take of these elements all that is fusible -Melt 'em all down in a pipkin or crucible -Set 'em to simmer and take off the scum,
And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum!
