But when she tried it on for fun,
It met the hat-pin with a smile,
As if to say, “Oh, beauteous miss,
Even a stab from you is bliss!”
“The very thing! but thrown away
Upon a hat!” Clorinda cried.
“’T would make a sweet corsage bouquet.”
The shoppers stared quite stupefied
To see Clorinda Dobbs depart
Wearing a husband next her heart.