Classic Poem

FRAGMENT
" Well — well!" quoth I, As I heaved a sigh,
And a tear-drop fell from my twinkling eye,
" My vastly good man, as I scarcely doubt
That some day or other you'll find it out,
Should he come in your way,
Or ride in your " shay "
(As perhaps he may), Be so good as to say
That a Visitor, whom you drove over one day,
Was exceedingly angry, and very much scandalised,
Finding these beautiful ruins so Vandalised,
And thus of their owner to speak began,
As he order'd you home in haste,
" N O DOUBT HE'S A VERY RESPECTABLE MAN ,
But — I can't say much for his taste . " "