Five geese deploy mysteriously. br Onward proudly with flagstaffs, br Hearses with silver bugles, br Bushes of plum-blossoms dropping br For ten mystic web-feet-- br Each his own drum-major, br Each charged with the honor br Of the ancient goose nation, br Each with a nose-length surpassing br The nose-lengths of rival nations. br Somberly, slowly, unimpeachably, br Five geese deploy mysteriously.