That always rescued me,
And so I would all women could
Be banished o’er the sea.
For ’tis the most egregious bore,
Of all the bores I know.
To have a friend who’s lost his heart
A short time ago.
William E. Aytoun.
Professor Aytoun died in 1865. These verses are taken from a collection, published in Boston, entitled The Humorous Poetry of the English Language, by J. Parton, but I do not know where they first appeared.