Erected stiff, and gait awry,

Like madam in her tantrums high;

Though ne'er a madam of them all,

Whose silken kirtle sweeps the hall,

More varied trick and whim displays

To catch the admiring stranger's gaze.

Doth power in measured verses dwell,

All thy vagaries wild to tell?

Ah, no! the start, the jet, the bound,

The giddy scamper round and round,