XXXVI + 

Eight rubbers were already played, + 

Eight times the heroes of the fight + 

Change of position had essayed, + 

When tea was brought. ’Tis my delight + 

Time to denote by dinner, tea, + 

And supper. In the country we + 

Can count the time without much fuss⁠— + 

The stomach doth admonish us. + 

And, by the way, I here assert + 

That for that matter in my verse + 

As many dinners I rehearse, + 

As oft to meat and drink advert, + 

As thou, great Homer, didst of yore, + 

Whom thirty centuries adore. + 