NTO this pact, man glides like water flowing,
But out of it is not such easy going;
For they, who once were simple, guileless things,
In Breach-of-Promise lore are now more knowing.




WHAT! WOULD YOU CAST A LOVING WOMAN HENCE?


HAT! Would you cast a loving Woman hence?
Thou, Fickle One, prepare for penitence!
Full many a golden ducat shall you pay
To drown the memory of such insolence.





ND every note, that, in your cups, you write,
In cold black Type, perchance shall see the light;
While all the World, across its coffee urn,
Shall titter gaily at the sorry sight.





H yes! For all the papers, which discussed
Your wedding plans, shall turn your cake to crust,
Publish your letters and your photographs,
And trail your Egotism in the dust!