It is very aggravating br To hear the solemn prating br Of the fossils who are stating br That old Horace was a prude; br When we know that with the ladies br He was always raising Hades, br And with many an escapade his br Best productions are imbued. br br There's really not much harm in a br Large number of his carmina, br But these people find alarm in a br Few records of his acts; br So they'd squelch the muse caloric, br And to students sophomoric br They d present as metaphoric br What old Horace meant for facts. br br We have always thought 'em lazy; br Now we adjudge 'em crazy! br Why, Horace was a daisy br That was very much alive! br And the wisest of us know him br As his Lydia verses show him,-- br Go, read that virile poem,-- br It is No. 25.