(Where moulting cats usurp the best arm-chair)

With the harsh practices of Ancient Rome,

The brow severe, the you-be-careful air

Which (on the film) all legionaries wear;

My dream is just a regulated ease;

Rules, if you like, but not too stringent, please.

Come not with rude awakenings, nor request

That I at stated hours must rise and feed;

I like my morning slumber much the best

And hate a life by drastic laws decreed