Wishes of an Elderly Man at a Garden Party

I wish I loved the Human Race;
I wish I loved its silly face;
I wish I liked the way it walks;
I wish I liked the way it talks;
And when I'm introduced to one
I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!

- Sir Walter Raleigh, the one who lived from 1861-1922 and was the first holder of the chair of English literature at Oxford University.