Raked the old ashes up and disengaged

The sparks of gallantry which always lurk

Somehow in literary breasts, assuaged

In no degree by compliments on style;

Are Forty wagging beards worth one girl's smile?

CIII

In trips the lady's poem, takes its place

Of honor in the gratified Gazette,

With due acknowledgment of power and grace;

Prognostication, too, that higher yet