'Regarding sending up the dinner,'

Alter the clock when you begin it,

And you'll be ready to a minute.

One secret now I'll not conceal,—

Whene'er you roast a breast of veal,

The sweetbread is the Butler's luncheon,

Whoever may go short of munching.

If it be 'asked for,' make excuses

For what so many sweets produces;

Yet, O beware, his faith to prove,