"Quite true," said the Abbot, "for Socrates tells us,
Old ladies in breath are as lasting as bellows;
But is she not troubled with gout or rheumatic?
Or is she, from rain oft descending, aquatic?
"Rheumatics! yes, sure, there's much truth in that question.
But what is far worse is her pow'rful digestion;
For would ye believe it—within bounds I speak—
A sack of best praties would last but a week,
If she was supplied whene'er victuals she'd seek.
But she gave us last night such a terrible fright,