Wisdom may smile, but Cunning can't,
She winks the other eye.
Humour shall chortle, Mockery shan't,
She winks the other eye.
The stars above us twinkle and the dews beneath us blink,
All the eyes of Nature sparkle, and from merriment do not shrink,
The Language of the Eye of Cynic Knavery is--the Wink!
_Roguery_ "winks the other eye!"

_Chorus_.--Say, boys, is it quite the thing?
"Ducdàme"[1] to fools the Diddlers sing;
Trust me 'tis Rascals in a Ring
Who wink the other eye!

[Footnote 1:

_Amiens_. What's that "ducdàme"?

_Jaques_. 'Tis a Greek invocation to call fools into a circle.

"_As You Like It_," _Act II., Sc. 5._]

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THE EVOLUTION OF TOMMY'S PRIVATE-SCHOOL REPORT.

1. _A rough draught, written by the under-master, who certainly has
had rather a trying week with_ TOMMY.