At five precisely out went La Marquise
For tea cucumber sandwiches a scone
The understanding critic firstly sees
With cherry-pips his cottage floor is sown
O Parthenon you hold the charger's strings
Rejecting ermine to become a knave
Th'outrageous Thames a troubled arrow slings
The nicest kids for strickiest toffees crave
The peasants's skirts on rainy days she'd tress
And starve the sniveling baby like a dog
Watching manure and compost coalesce
Southern baroque's seductive dialogue
Though bretzels take the dols from board-room drum
Fried grilled black pudding's still the world's best yum