And bother folks of each degree—

Sweet maids and spinsters sour.

Hard names that few have ever heard

Are bandied round pell-mell;

And Nuttall finds some crack-jaw words

That not all folks can spell.

With Butter, Mavor, Vyse, each day,

Let my spare time be pass’d;

So at the Spelling Bee I may

Win some nice prize at last.