A Spectator Puzzle Solved
SIR,— With your leave (to satisfy The idle curiosity Shown by F. M.) I must insist
I positively do exist.
The evidences all agree That I was born in '83.
A pedagogue upon the shelf Is how 1 would describe myself.
" Old" ?—Elderly's perhaps the word By those of such an age preferred.
" Fat" ?—Well. I turn the scale, I own, At rather more than thirteen stone, But I can still my limbs employ To aid my wife as garden-boy.
I'm fairly good at washing up, And rarely break a plate or cup.
I do not " burn the midnight oil," I shrink from all excessive toil, But little problems give me pleasure And help to occupy my leisure.
My pension, of a modest size, Does not permit me to despise The welcome windfall of a prize.
I own that fortune has been kind, But hope that others do not mind, And, Sir, am well content to be Your humble servant R. K. D.
On-the-Hill, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
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