But bad as a Booby may be as a Boss, what about a colossal Chimæra?
I don't say he's that, but with body of goat, dragon's tail, and
the head of a lion,
A creature were hardly more "mixed" than _this_ monster, whose
rule for the time I must try on.

A complex, conglomerate, Jack-of-all-Trades! Well, I trust he'll
be master of some of them!
_Largo al factotum_! He's game for all tasks, and--I wish I was
sure what would come of them.
Most representative? Palpable that! And his plans most sublime (so
he says) are;
But he looks just as motley a nondescript as the image of
Nebuchadnezzar.

The elephant who can root up a huge oak, or handle a needle or
pin, is
Less marvellous much, and it may be, of course, that the folks who
distrust him are ninnies.
I hope so, I'm sure. There are evils to cure, and of room for
improvement there's plenty;
And all must admit that, whatever his faults, he cannot be called
_far niente_.

He _does_ look a bit of a Bogey, but then he _may_ prove just a
big Benefactor,
And if he should work on the cheap, kill Corruption, and kick out
the knavish Contractor,
Without piling Pelion on Ossa (of rates) on my back, till my legs
with the "tottle" limp,