["It is announced that ringlets are to be worn again by ladies, and that side whiskers are coming in for fashionable men."—Daily News.]
Oh prospect Elysian! It called back a vision
Of youth, and those girls of John Leech's, John Leech's,
Of "corkscrews" that "doddle" all round a fair noddle,
Blue eyes and flushed cheeks like ripe peaches, ripe peaches.
I think of sweet Nelly, whose curls, like a jelly,
Shook soft as she "spooned" me at croquet, at croquet.
But then came lawn tennis old fashion to menace,
And croquet and curls were dubbed "pokey," dubbed "pokey."