TO A LADY-JOURNALIST.
(Written by Request.)
Coming for an Interview.
Great heav'ns! Here, where's my paper, pen, and ink!
How is it all this while I have omitted you?
For her I've rhymed, and Her, and Her; don't think,
I beg then, that I'll from my duty shrink,
A duty to a lady smart and witty due.
I'm really sorry for this painful lapse
Of etiquette—'twas careless, now you mention it.