Pianoward. This day for all my moans,

Dry bread and water have been servèd me.

Behold the deeds that are done of Mrs. Jones!

Miss Amabel Jones is musical, and so

The heart of the young he-boardèr doth win,

Playing “The Maiden’s Prayer,” adagio

That fetcheth him, as fetcheth the banco skin

The innocent rustic. For my part, I pray:

That Badarjewska maid may wait for aye

Ere sits she with a lover, as did we