The whole room watched with unbelieving awe, + 

He rose and staggered rising. From his lips + 

Broke yet again the idiot-like guffaw. + 

He felt the spirit in his finger tips, + 

Then swinging his right arm⁠—a wide ellipse + 

Yet lazily⁠—he struck the lecturer’s head. + 

The old man tittered, lurched and dropt drown dead. + 