Which love-lorn maidens on the stage
Go raving crazy?—and had she a page?
Did she wear hoops? and what sort of a bonnet?
And tell us, what kind of trimming was on it?
What—” Stop, stop, dear ladies, it isn’t fair
To question thus closely a modest young man.
If I could tell the items, I would, I declare;
For I always oblige you whenever I can.
I know that of dresses she has a variety,
Though vanity’s not her predominant passion,