Rob the rich roses, though the woodbine lisp)
Dine on my lawn hedged in by limes and laurels.
The “Minora Carmina” of the late C. C. R., whose verse has much of the charm of J. K. S. and C. S. Calverley, contains a few verses anent the pleasure of dining out, which are headed
NUNC EST COENANDUM
Although the season sadly
May open, in contrast grim
With those when pleasure madly
Whirled on the wings of Whim—
Though sporting members sigh for
The huntsman, hound, and horn,