Tell Me Not of It

TELL me not of it : I could ne'er abide
The mummery of all that forced civility.
' Pray, seat yourself, my lord,' -- with cringeing hams
The speech is spoken ; and with bended knee,
Heard by the smiling courtier. --
' Before you, sir ?
It must be on the earth then.' Hang it all !
The pride which cloaks itself in such poor fashion
Is scarcely fit to swell a beggar's bosom.