A mighty runner

The day when Charmus ran with five

In Arcady, as I'm alive,

He came in seventh. -- "Five and one

Make seven, you say? It can't be done." --

Well, if you think it needs a note,

A friend in a fur overcoat

Ran with him, crying all the while,

"You'll beat 'em, Charmus, by a mile!"

And so he came in seventh.

Therefore, good Zoilus, you see

The thing is plain as plain can be;

And with four more for company,

He would have been eleventh.