A TOO-ENGAGING MAIDEN'S REPLY.
(By Mr. Punch's kind permission.)
Yes, I read your effusion that lately got printed,
And at first never guessed there was anything meant.
But when someone suggested that something was hinted,
On your verses some time I reluctantly spent.
They are fair—and perhaps you consider them clever,
You're a poet, no doubt, of a minor degree,
But I never was startled so strangely—no, never!