You'll "respect 'er Independence and Integrity," you say?
Well, a man who on a woman 'is 'and would dare to lay—
Hay? Save in the way o' kyindness! Why, you've capped me there, I own,
Which I didn't think that sentiment to Frenchies was beknown.
It's a bit o' good old Vic.!
But you've nicked it quick and slick.
Well, I 'ope you'll square it fairly, and not lay it on too thick,
In the brave old Bismarck way!
The idea o' wasting ivory, silk, and peacocks' tails, and such,
Upon merchants who're a trifle too much like George Canning's "Dutch."[*]