The walk is laid down with fresh gravel—

Papa is laid up with the gout:

And Jane has gone on with her easels,

And Anne has gone off with Sir Paul;

And Fanny is sick of the measles,—

And I'll tell you the rest at the Ball.

You'll meet all your Beauties;—the Lily,

And the Fairy of Willowbrook Farm,

And Lucy, who made me so silly

At Dawlish, by taking your arm—