We laughed till you gave us a stitch
In our sides at the wondrous Arcadian
Exploits of the indolent rich;
We loved your satirical sniping,
And followed, far over “the pond,”
The lure of your whimsical piping
Behind the Beyond.
In place of the squalor that stretches
Unchanged o’er the realist’s page,
The sunshine that glows in your Sketches