Hop'd Madam would excuse their pranks,
And sought their homes, perhaps, to hear
A wife talk loud in either ear.
Such were the jovial sportsmen's meetings
And these their hospitable greetings;
But rural dames who were received
With kindness while old Woodlands liv'd,
As they found such an alter'd state
Ne'er enter'd twice the mansion gate:
The 'Squires' wives would ne'er resort