Hail, ye worthies, barrow-wheeling,

“Longer⁠—better,” aye revealing,

Stiffer aye in head and knee;

Unenraptured, never jesting,

Mediocre everlasting,

Sans genie et sans esprit!

Hail, ye worthies, barrow-wheeling, “Longer⁠—better,” aye revealing, Stiffer aye in head and knee; Unenraptured, never jesting, Mediocre everlasting, Sans genie et sans esprit!