For what were Pemberton without the thrilling
Corollary and supplement of Billing?
While Billing by itself, pronounced tout court
And shorn of Pemberton, sounds bald and poor.
Without emotion you and I may any day
Light on a Jones unwedded to a Kennedy;
Likewise a Kennedy unlinked with Jones
Will fail to stir the marrow in our bones.
Mark you, moreover, how the order tends
To foster and promote euphonic ends;