ISABELLA'S DEFEAT
"Mamma, I quite dislike these shoes,
I hope you'll send them back;
They are so ugly! I should choose
Much prettier than black!
"I thought you mention'd blue or buff
When ordering a pair,
Or green I should like well enough,
But black I cannot bear!"
Young Isabella's prattle o'er,
Her mother soon express'd
A wish that she would say no more,
Since black ones suited best.
Which, when the little lady heard,
She did not say another word.