Rhymey goodness
No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous
Almost, at times, the Fool.

I grow old . . . I grow old . . .
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.


*Might actually have been written by TS Eliot not me....
( calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 14:15, Reply)