But Lady Jane was tall and slim, And Lady Jane was fair,—
THE KNIGHT AND THE LADY.
And, ere morning came, that winsome dame Had made up her mind—-or, what's much the same, Had thought about—once more "changing her name," And she said, with a pensive air, To Thompson, the valet, while taking away, When supper was over, the cloth and the tray,— "Eels a many I've ate; but any So good ne'er tasted before!— They're a fish, too, of which I'm remarkably fond.— Go—pop Sir Thomas again in the Pond— Poor dear!—he'll catch us some more!!"
Moral.
All middle-aged Gentlemen let me advise, If you're married, and have not got very good eyes, Don't go poking about after blue-bottle flies!— If you've spectacles, don't have a tortoiseshell rim, And don't go near the water,—unless you can swim!