To be sold, and paid for, duly,
Pledged like other property,
Bringing interest—when they die.
Modern Cornelia! That is she,
With a semi-drunken glee
Aping, all unconsciously,
The proud Roman mother's vaunt.
"See my jewels! What I want—
Dress, and drink, and selfish ease,
I can win at will—through these."