There was Strauss, the adored of Vienna,

The genius of joyous unrest,

And Strauss, who the shrieks of Gehenna

Contrives to suggest.

I'd like to describe, but I canna,

The envy combined with dismay

Aroused by adorable Anna

Whom several Kingdoms obey.

Her entry produced quite a crisis—

Some prudes were surprised she was axed—