But see how WILHELM turns his head!
We never speak as we pass by!

_Not_ indispensable! Absurd!
I built the Empire, made the Crown.
Of Emperor WILHELM who had heard
But for _my_ prowess and renown?
And Emperor WILHELM cocks his nose,
Regards me with averted eye;
And, just as though, we now were foes,
We never speak as we pass by!

The boy, the ingrate, the young cock,
Who thinks he's eagle when he crows;
Old Aquila is _he_ to mock?
I'll cut his comb ere matters close.
And yet, and yet he keeps it up,
And Germany demands not _why_!
He bangs away like a big Krupp--
We never speak as we pass by.

My HERBERT, _you_ should hold my place,
But you must share your sire's cold snub.
Did I promote the lion's race
To be kicked out by its least cub?
This wedding-favour's gay and smart.
I to Vienna's bridal fly;
But something rankles in my heart;--
We never speak as we pass by!