Her meagre bosom shrunk and harshly lined,

Full of "land-laws" and "unearned increment";

Or playing M.P. part. The sixth age shifts

Into the withered sour She-pantaloon,

With spectacles on nose and "Gamp" at side,

Her azure hose, well-darned, a world too wide

For her shrunk shanks; her once sweet woman's voice,

Verjuiced to Virgin-vinegarishness,

Grates harshly in its sound. Last scene of all,

That ends this strange new-fangled history,