Because he writes with much restraint
And is, in style, a Classicist—
It very nearly makes me faint
To see him in the Honour List.
In fine, while Masterman—O Fi
For Asquith's everlasting shame!—
MacDonald, Cadbury and I
Have each no handle to his name;
While Handel Booth's well-earned O.M.
Is still conspicuously missed—