And let it wear the graceful dress

Of unadorned simpleness.

Ah! frugal wish; ah! pleasing thought;

Ah! hope indulged in vain;

Of modest fancy cheaply bought,

A stranger yet to Payne.

With undissembled grief I tell,—

For sorrow never comes too late,—

The simplest bonnet in Pall Mall

Is sold for £1 8s.