Lady (to elderly and confidential maid). "I've often wondered why you've never married, Simpson?"
Simpson (disdainfully). "I don't like men in any form, my lady."
THE WILD SWAN.
Lament on a very rare bird who recently appeared in England and was immediately shot.
Over the sea (ye maids) a wild swan came;
(O maidens) it was but the other day;
Men saw him as he passed, with earnest aim