II

She was Grand Worthy Prophetess

Of the Illustrious Maids of Mark;

Of Vestals of the Third Degree

She was Most Potent Matriarch;

She was High Priestess of the Shrine

Of Clubtown’s Culture Coterie,

And First Vice-President of the League

Of the Illustrious G. A. B.

She was the First Dame of the Club

For teaching Patagonians Greek,

She was Chief Clerk and Auditor

Of Clubtown’s Anti-Bachelor Clique;

She was High Treasurer of the Fund

For Borrioboolaghalians,

And the Fund for Sending Browning’s Poems

To Native-born Australians.