They stirred us to Homeric laughter,

When painting Ireland in the days

Before Sinn Fein bewitched and "strafed" her.

With them we watched good Major Yeates

Contending with litigious peasants,

With "hidden hands" within his gates,

With claims for foxes and for pheasants;

We saw Leigh Kelway drop his chin—

That precious English super-tripper—

In shocked amazement drinking in