July in Vallombrosa + 

Old lady sitting still + 

Pine trees standing quite still + 

Sisters of mercy + 

whispering + 

Oust the Dryad + 

O consecration of forest + 

To the uneventful + 

I cannot imagine anything + 

Less disputably respectable + 

Than prolonged invalidism in Italy + 

At the beck + 

Of a British practitioner + 

Of all permissible pastimes + 

Attendant upon chastity + 

The one with which you can most efficiently insult + 

Life + 

Is your hobby of collecting death-beds + 

Blue Nun + 

So wrap the body in flannel and wool + 

Of superior quality from the Anglo-American + 

Until that ineffable moment + 

When Rigor Mortis + 

Divests it of its innate impurity + 

While round the hotel + 

Wanton Italian matrons + 

Discuss the better business of bed-linen + 

To regular puncture of needles + 

The old lady has a daughter + 

Who has been spent + 

In chasing moments from one room to another + 

When the essence of an hour + 

Was in its passing + 

With the passionate breath + 

Of the bronchitis kettle + 

And her last little lust + 

Lost itself in a saucer of gruel + 

But all this moribund stuff + 

Is not wasted + 

For there is always Nature + 

So its expensive upkeep + 

Goes to support + 

The loves + 

Of head-waiters + 