Which seemed to me worthy some solid reflection?

I say, that it seemed, for I must explain,

On seeing the bend, I could not refrain

At first from scorn and dejection, but now

My feelings are altered entirely, I vow.

For when by the dashing “beau-monde” I was told,

The bend was the fashion—I soon came to hold

Opinions quite different; believe me, to-day

It seems to me “stylish” and most distingué.