After inquiry in Burke’s Landed Gentry
That the newcomer was a suitable
Candidate for the Order of Seven Sorrows.
It’s so important to have ladies only!
You twirl dear Mother round a little finger;
You know her weaknesses, emotionalism,
Snobbery, love of ritual; quite content
To let her have her way in formal matters
If you may mould the spirit of the place
By due control of youthful aspirants,