Since woman appeared at the wickets, some think
(Though male cricketers from the conclusion may shrink),
That the true "sphere" of woman must be, after all,
A leathern one—typed by a new cricket-ball.
Young girls think a "Ball" of another guess sort
Is the sphere in which woman may find truest sport.
To harmonise all these opinions, 'tis clear,
Is hard; but, whatever be woman's true sphere,
Whether found in the dictum of "Positive" HARRISON,
And what ladies call his "degrading comparison,"