Cashmere shawls—brandy balls,
Oranges, apples—gloves, Gros de Naples,
Sweet pretty “skuggies”—ugly pet puggies;
Now with an ear-ring themselves endearing,
Or squandering guineas upon Sevignés
Now fingers squeezing or playfully teazing,
Bringing you bull’s eyes, casting you sheep’s eyes,
Looking in faces while working braces;
Never once heeding what they are reading,
But soiling one’s hose by pressing one’s toes;