A MODEL FOR THE LAUREATE
 
 ON thrones from China to Peru
 All sorts of kings have sat
 That men and women of all sorts
 proclaimed both good and great;
 And what's the odds if such as these
 For reason of the State
 Should keep their lovers waiting,
 Keep their lovers waiting?
 Some boast of beggar-kings and kings
 Of rascals black and white
 That rule because a strong right arm
 Puts all men in a fright,
 And drunk or sober live at ease
 Where none gainsay their right,
 And keep their lovers waiting,
 Keep their lovers waiting.
 The Muse is mute when public men
 Applaud a modern throne:
 Those cheers that can be bought or sold,
 That office fools have run,
 That waxen seal, that signature.
 For things like these what decent man
 Would keep his lover waiting,
 Keep his lover waiting?