I thought there might lurk truth in jest's disguise.

"Thanks!" he resumed, so quick to construe smile!

"I answered—in my mind—these gapers thus:

Since old wine 's ripe and new verse raw, you judge—

What if I vary vintage-mode and mix

Blossom with must, give nosegay to the brew,

Fining, refining, gently, surely, till

The educated taste turns unawares

From customary dregs to draught divine?

Then answered—with my lips: More 'Wasps' you want?