I saw a spectacled, but wild mamma,
Coaxing her daughter with a fair-haired lad;
Then, hearing he made nothing, frowned; and, ah!
Called the young man “a cad.”
I heard old maids take characters away;
I saw young ladies dress like men and smoke;
An authoress next read a five-act play,
’Twas wicked, and I woke.
Fun, 1865.
1.—Early Pie-ety.
3.—Rough Weather off the Coast of Devon.
5.—A Village Style.
2.—The Mother’s Pet.
4.—A Shady Pool.