https://t.inks.page/wiki/W._S._Gilbert Follow any website on Inks inks.page https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert?t=2026-04-07 Oh! my name is John Wellington Wells,
I'm a dealer in magic and spells,
In blessings and curses
And ever-filled purses,
In prophecies, witches, and knells.

If you want a proud foe to "make tracks"—
If you'd melt a rich uncle in wax—
You've but to look in
On our resident Djinn,
Number seventy, Simmery Axe!

• Mr Wells' song, Act I.
• "Simmery Axe" is the traditional pronunciation of "St. Mary Axe", a road in the City of London.
  In Gilbert's day, the last building was number 68, though number 70 was built later.

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