Capricious belles of lofty station! You were the first that he forswore; For nowadays in our great nation, The manner grand can only bore. I wouldn’t say that ladies never Discuss a Say or Bentham*—ever; But generally, you’ll have to grant, Their talk’s absurd, if harmless, cant. On top of which, they’re so unerring, So dignified, so awfully smart, So pious and so chaste of heart, So circumspect, so strict in bearing, So inaccessibly serene, Mere sight of them brings on the spleen.
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