And you will smile and give me rest.

Rest ... and the peace I never knew....

Oh I shall ask great things of you!

So keep this rhyme, and we’ll not quarrel!

Perhaps, next time, I’ll bring you laurel!

LUNCH AT A CITY CLUB

(For, though not to, D. M. C.)

The member with the face like a pale ham

Settles his stomachs in the leather chair.

The member with the mustard-colored hair