And without turning his facetious head,
Over his shoulder, with a Bacchant air,
Presented the o’erflowing cup, and said,
“Talking’s dry work, I have no time to spare.”
A second hiccuped, “Our old Master’s dead,
You’d better ask our Mistress who’s his heir.”
“Our Mistress!” quoth a third: “Our Mistress!—pooh!—
You mean our Master—not the old, but new.”