The Kaiser'S Favorite Poems

What are the Kaiser's favorite poems? Well, now, you tax me hard: I know the Kaiser's favorite drink But do not know his bard; I'm sure it is not Schiller Who reigns in German homes. Nor yet Olympian Goethe, Who writes the Kaiser's poems.

Perhaps that Heinrich Heine Has touched the Kaiser's soul; Or Arndt with his trumpet call Like a new conscription roll; Or, Walther von der Vogelweide With his nest in mythic domes, Is the author and creator Of the Kaiser's favorite poems.

If I saw the Kaiser's library I'd know well what he reads-- The color of his fancy And the prompter of his deeds: I'd learn the depth and wisdom Of his theories and his gnomes, If I got but just a glance or two At the Kaiser's favorite poems.

Then let us go to Essen, Where the Kaiser's books are bound; They are full of "steel" engravings-- All "best sellers" there are found; For the Prussian soul and spirit Speaks in rhythm thro' those tomes, And these without a question, Are the Kaiser's favorite poems.

For Rt. Hon. David Lloyd-George.