And Quakers of both sexes, much enjoying

A morning's reading by the ocean's rim,

That sect delighting in the sea's broad brim.

And lo! amongst all these appeared a creature,

So small, he almost might a twin have been

With Miss Crachami—dwarfish quite in stature,

Yet well proportioned—neither fat nor lean,

His face of marvellously pleasant feature,

So short and sweet a man was never seen—

All thought him charming at the first beginning—