And "waggled" sore each valiant white;
Imported to a neighboring city,
Won dictionaries by the score,
Astonished each austere committee,
And spelled as ne'er boy spelled before.
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The rage is past, - no other feller
Could beat this little W. W.
At length he was the champion speller,
And always sure to quickly double you.
But one dark day he got a cold,
And worse it grew; at last he felt
His little life was nearly told,
His little life was nearly spelled.
Peace to his soul, - an ebon soul,
But better than a soul quite plain.
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