It is really dear at last, for it wastes away so fast.
And is very detrimental to the skin.
The public I must warn of the colours that adorn
The soaps ambitious foreigners bring in;
They are often very pretty, but to use them is a pity,
For they're very detrimental to the skin.
There are soaps which you can see through. I ask, What can it be through?
Is it resin, or some other form of sin?
There are soaps which smell too strong, and of course that must be wrong,
And extremely detrimental to the skin.