Are crêpe-de-chine, or bombazine[2];

Compare the texture of thy trous:

With their chromatic sheen;

To what abysm of taste we reach

By the Observance of thy Breech!

Think what she pays her modiste for

Those hats of questionable shapes,

Surmounted by a seagull or

Some imitation grapes!

Small wonder she receives a shock