The Youth of Samson is a youthful show,
A very youthful thing as paintings go.
The lily lad who combs the lion's mane,
Is of the shoddy sentimental strain
By Leon Bonnat out of Bible lore —
For legend-loving children to adore.

" High art" the wise it call, and traders claim
It cannot come too " high" to suit their game;
For parvenus judge " art," so experts say,
In terms of money, and no other way.
Small cerebration brings the largest price,
As amateurs are never over-nice.