My fount of youth dried up, alas!

Wont answer to the pumps,

Yet who so fond of jigs as I?

Of hornpipes such a lover?

Of gallops, valses,—but, alas!

My dancing days are over.

In feats of feet, what foot like mine

(Excuse me if vain-glorious:)

Like mine for grace and dignity

No toe was more notorious.