Lord Lundy from his earliest
Was far too freely moved to Tears.
For instance if his Mother said,"Lundy!
It's time to go to Bed!"He bellowed like a Little Turk.
Or if his father Lord
Said "Hi!" in a Commanding Tone,"Hi,
Lundy!
Leave the Cat alone!"Lord Lundy, letting go its tail,
Would raise so terrible a
As moved His Grandpapa the
To utter the severe rebuke:"When I,
Sir! was a little Boy,
An Animal was not a Toy!"His father's Elder Sister,
Was married to a Parvenoo,
Confided to Her Husband,
Drat!
The Miserable,
Peevish Brat!
Why don't they drown the Little Beast?"Suggestions which, to say the least,
Are not what we expect to
From Daughters of an English Peer.
His Grandmamma,
His Mother's Mother,
Who had some dignity or other,
The Garter, or no matter what,
I can't remember all the Lot!
Said "Oh!
That I were Brisk and
To give him that for which to cry!"(An empty wish, alas!
For
Was Blind and nearly ninety-three).
The Dear Old Butler thought-but there!
I really neither know nor
For what the Dear Old Butler thought!
In my opinion,
Butlers
To know their place, and not to
The Old Retainer night and day.
I'm getting tired and so are you,
Let's cut the poem into two!
To find the second part of this poem, search for 'Lord Lundy II'.
