HORACE IN LONDON.
TO A SKITTISH GRANDMOTHER. (AD CHLORIN.)
FORBEAR this painted show to strut
Of girlish toilet, manner skittish:
It may be Fin-de-Siècle, but
It isn't British.
To dance, to swell the betting rank,
To rival 'ARRIET at Marlow;
To try to break your husband's bank
At Monte Carlo,