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BILLY BIP.
461
With thorough bass, too, on the plan of Logier.
In drawing in pencil, in chalks, and the tinting
That's called Oriental, she must not be stint in;
She must paint upon paper, and satin, and velvet;
And if she knows gilding, she'll not need to shelve it.
Dancing, of course, with the newest gambades,
The Polish mazurka, and best gallopades;
Arithmetic, history, joined with chronology,
Heraldry, botany, writing, conchology,
Grammar, and satin-stitch, netting, geography,
Astronomy, use of the globes, cosmography,
'Twas also as well she could be calisthenical,
That her charges' young limbs may be pliant to any call.
Their health, play, and studies, and moral condition,
Must be superintended without intermission:
At home, she must all habits check that disparage,
And when they go out must attend to their carriage.
Her faith must be orthodox—temper most pliable—
Health good—and reference quite undeniable.
These are the principal matters. Au reste,
Address, Bury Street, Mrs. General Peste.
As the salary's moderate, none need apply
Who more on that point than on comfort rely.
In drawing in pencil, in chalks, and the tinting
That's called Oriental, she must not be stint in;
She must paint upon paper, and satin, and velvet;
And if she knows gilding, she'll not need to shelve it.
Dancing, of course, with the newest gambades,
The Polish mazurka, and best gallopades;
Arithmetic, history, joined with chronology,
Heraldry, botany, writing, conchology,
Grammar, and satin-stitch, netting, geography,
Astronomy, use of the globes, cosmography,
'Twas also as well she could be calisthenical,
That her charges' young limbs may be pliant to any call.
Their health, play, and studies, and moral condition,
Must be superintended without intermission:
At home, she must all habits check that disparage,
And when they go out must attend to their carriage.
Her faith must be orthodox—temper most pliable—
Health good—and reference quite undeniable.
These are the principal matters. Au reste,
Address, Bury Street, Mrs. General Peste.
As the salary's moderate, none need apply
Who more on that point than on comfort rely.
Billy Dip.
Chloe, a maid at fifty-five,
Was at her toilette dressing:
Her waiting maid, with iron hot,
Each paper-curl was pressing.
Was at her toilette dressing:
Her waiting maid, with iron hot,
Each paper-curl was pressing.
The looking-glass her eyes engross,
While Betty hummed a ditty;
She gazed so much upon her face,
She really thought it pretty.
While Betty hummed a ditty;
She gazed so much upon her face,
She really thought it pretty.
Her painted cheeks and pencilled brows
She could not but approve;
Her thoughts on various subjects turned,
At length they fixed on love.
She could not but approve;
Her thoughts on various subjects turned,
At length they fixed on love.
"And shall," said she, "a virgin life
Await these pleasing charms?
And will no sighing blooming youth
Receive me to his arms?—
Await these pleasing charms?
And will no sighing blooming youth
Receive me to his arms?—