Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin / Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.

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While ’midst her towering tresses, aptly set,

Shines bright, with quivering glance, the smart aigrette;

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Brocaded silks the splendid dress complete,

And the Glass Slipper grasps her fairy feet.

Six cock-tailed mice[^[217]] transport her to the ball,

And liveried lizards wait upon her call.

Alas! that partial Science should approve

The sly Rectangle’s too licentious love!

For three bright nymphs, &c., &c.