The policemen who haunt Palace Yard

My form with indifference see;

To a Marquis they pay no regard,

Which seems dreadfully “bad form” to me.

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Oh, Granville! I wish I had known

What pleasure there lay in your talk,

Then I should not be pining alone

Where I once was the cock of the walk!

But the sound of the Lobby-going bell