To the lump in the throat and the tear in the eye.

But, if you are anti-Victorian

And, scorning the coo of the dove,

Hold the roar of the primitive Saurian

The final expression of love,

You may have, if you choose, an alternative shy

At a tear in the throat and a lump in the eye.


"For 70 years Regent Street has basked in sunshine, and now it is to be cast into shadow again. It will be like a gloomy canon between dour stone walls."—Daily Chronicle.

We have heard of a gloomy Dean, whose habitat answers to the description given. Can this be his understudy?