O’er all within the lady-hostess rules,
Her bar she governs, and her kitchen schools;
To every guest th’ appropriate speech is made,
And every duty with distinction paid;
Respectful, easy, pleasant, or polite -
“Your honour’s servant” - “Mister Smith, good night.”
Next, but not near, yet honour’d through the town,
There swing, incongruous pair! the Bear and Crown:
That Crown suspended gems and ribands deck,
A golden chain hangs o’er that furry neck: