An Alphabet of Celebrities

It is a biographical book. Albert Edward, well meaning but flighty, Who invited King Arthur, the blameless and mighty, To meet Alcibiades and Aphrodite. Is for Bernhardt, who fails to awaken Much feeling in Bismarck, Barabbas, and Bacon. Columbus, who tries to explain How to balance an egg—to the utter disdain Of Confucius, Carlyle, Cleopatra, and Cain.