Are there not Ministers and ex-M.P.'s,

A Knight, a Baronet, a Brigadier?

Is it not wonderful to be with these,

To watch, and after in the wifely ear

Whisper, "This morning I exchanged some words

With old Sir Somebody, who thought of Tanks;

I saw the Chairman of the Board of Birds;

I said, 'How are you?' and he answered, 'Thanks'"?

So let us sit for ever—and expand;

Let us be paid, not properly, but well.