That’s a bit unfair on Fowler’s Modern English Usage, it’s much more descriptive than prescriptive. Rather take aim at what (IIRC, correctly) Stephen King called “that Nazi little book” Strunck and White which is prescriptive, scolding, and wrong.
ETA adding in un in front of fair
Huh? What is your cringe based off of? 
Fair enough, but mightn’t we grant the brilliant Brian Bilston some poetic license?
I was wondering was that a designated second, subtle mistake in the first verse and perhaps there are others?
Won or too, perhaps.
The kid is upstairs in bed, and says to his dad: "Why did you bring the book I didn’t want to be read to out of up for?
Pretty sure we learned about that case in First Year Latin…Nominad’ve, genid’ve, dad’ve, accusad’ve, ablad’ve, and y’all’d’ve?
The dad’ve is where you say things like “Salve esuriens, pater sum”, right?
