Some give you a view from their windows,
But Fanny gives only her thumb.
Some ask what you think of the tussel, man,
Between the all-lies and the Porte;
And Cod-rington's thrashing the muscle-man
(Puns being such people's forte).
The men speak of change in the Cabinet;
The women—how can they sit mum?
Give their thoughts upon laces and tabinet,
But Fanny gives merely her thumb.