Lines to be Embroidered on a Bib   OR  
            The Child is Father of the Man, But Not For Quite A While   

So Thomas Edison  
 Never drank his medicine;  
 So Blackstone and Hoyle  
 Refused cod-liver oil;  
 So Sir Thomas Malory  
 Never heard of a calory;  
 So the Earl of Lennox  
 Murdered Rizzio without the aid of vitamins or calisthenox;  
 So Socrates and Plato  
 Ate dessert without finishing their potato;  
 So spinach was too spinachy  
 For Leonardo da Vinaci;  
 Well, it's all immaterial,  
 So eat your nice cereal,  
 And if you want to name your ration,  
 First go get a reputation.