And Cimabue is far less

To them than Chimmie Fadden.

They never heard of William Blake,

Nor saw a Botticelli;

Yet one is, “Yours till death, Louise,”

And one, “Your loving Nelly.”

They never tease me for my views,

Nor tax me with my grammar;

Nor test me on the latest news,

Until I have to stammer.