I cry, in sore distress, "Alack!"
She showed a dainty waist when dressed
In jacket; true, the size confessed
That whalebone had its shape compressed.
Still was her form sweet as her face,
But now what change has taken place!
This "sack coat" hides all maiden grace.
Although men's clothes are always vile,
The coat, the trousers and the "tile"!
Some sense still lingers in each style.