And now I must tell you, last week at a dance,
I found out the origin, quite by mere chance,
Of the “bend” surnamed “Grecian,” and then, think says I,
The fair sex shall know this; at once I will try
To tell them in some way. So, spite of delays,
I’ve written the story of the “charmante Française,”
And while I congratulate all my fair friends
Who now are expert in the various “bends,”
A word I would add—it is this: forget not
How specially favored and blest is your lot.