"Oh murder!
What was that,
Papa!""My child,
It was a Motor-Car,
A most Ingenious Toy!
Designed to Captivate and
Much rather than to rouse
In any English Boy."What would your Great Grandfather
Was Aide-de-Camp to General Brue,
And lost a leg at Waterloo,
And Quatre-Bras and Ligny too!
And died at Trafalgar!-What would he have remarked to
His Young Descendant shriek with fear,
Because he happened to be nearA Harmless Motor-Car!
But do not fret about it!
Come!
We'll off to
And purchase some!"
