Dear Reader, should you chance to go
To Hades, do not fail to throw
A " to Cerberus" at the gate,
His anger to .
Don't say "Good dog!" and hope
His three fierce Heads to .
What though he try to be polite
And wag his Tail with all his might,
How shall one Tail
Against three angry Heads prevail?
The Heads must win.—What puzzles me
Is why in Hades there should be
A Watch dog; 'tis, I should ,
The last place one would burglarize.