Footnotes

by James Russell Lowell

　　[C] To demonstrate quickly and easily how per--versely absurd 'tis to sound this name Cowper,

　　As people in general call him named super,

　　I just add that he rhymes it himself with horse-trooper.

　　[D] (If you call Snooks an owl, he will show by his looksThat he's morally certain you're jealous of Snooks.)

　　[E] (Cuts rightly called wooden, as all must admit.)

　　[F] That is in most cases we do, but not all,Past a doubt, there are men who are innately small,

　　Such as Blank, who, without being 'minished a tittle,

　　Might stand for a type of the Absolute Little.

　　[G] (And at this just conclusion will surely arrive,That the goodness of earth is more dead than alive.)

　　[H] Not forgetting their tea and their toast, though, the while.

　　[I] Turn back now to page—goodness only knows what,And take a fresh hold on the thread of my plot.