Arnold Bennett
By Oliver Herford
'Tis very comforting to know
That every other day or so
A Book by Bennett will appear
To charm the Western Hemisphere.
I see him now, with zeal sublime,
Pounding from dawn to dinner-time
Four typewriters, with hands and feet.
When the four novels are complete,
He'll fold, and send grande vitesse
His Quadrumanuscript to press.
P. S.
Just think how much we'd have to read
If Bennett were a centipede
O. H.