Flamboyant
A man with personal aplomb, a man with big worldly dreams
Full of life’s vivacious vigor and thrill, bursting at seams
Scientific
Reform Club could set the clock by his punctuality
To always be analytical is his admirable quality
Sharp
Had the entire world’s knowledge neatly aligned
In that quick, deep, ravenous, cultivated mind
Unafraid
Daringly wagered his fortune, to stand by what he says
Went against Britannica, in impossible, dashing worldly race
Just
Fruitfully defeating any injustice or deviousness he meets
With dignity and fairness Passepartout he treats
Gentlemanly
Toward the fairer sex and weak, chivalrous
In his dealings with all, always courteous
Romantic
To fall head over heels for a damsel in distress
By Aouda’s beauty, helplessness, chastity impressed
Virtuous
Lived larger than life, the manly honorable way
Made hard work, originality, labor of his mind pay
Capable
Resourcefully, can overcome obstacles he comes across
Circled The World in Eighty Days without a moment’s pause
My Hero, Phileas Fogg, of Jules Verne’s 1872 novel ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’
Madam Anonymous
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