Lucas, Edward V.: Swollen-headed William: after the German (London, 1915)

2. THE STORY OF CULTURED WILLIAM.

Here is cultured William, see!
An enlightened soul was he.
He killed the doves and broke the
chairs,
And threw the Grey cat down the
stairs,
And, oh ! far worse than all beside,
He hurt his Mary till she cried.
Such stores of ‘ Kultur ” Will
possessed,
That he’d to spare for all the rest
(Particularly dark Louvain
Sunk in the barbarous inane),
And he vowed the world should be
Just as full of it as he.
Helped by Mr. Krupp of Essen,
Everyone should learn the lesson,
Spread by missionary Huns
Well equipped with bombs and guns.


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