. XXV. . A mob impertinent and lazy; .. - XXVI. 6. And she must have her balls and plays, : And chambermaids to lace her stays, And birth-day suits for gala days, Hoop-petticoats, and silks and flounces; XXVII. Who'd of my subjects match the tallest; While some huge whisker'd German chief Will swallow me six pounds of beef, And prove his stomach not the smallest, XXVIII. ; “ And sure such vile infernal cramming In Gotham's land would breed a famine, c% Or else I'm grievously mistaken; XXIX.' When in the marriage noose we're buckled, (It is an ill which most I fear, As women's taste is sometimes queer,) Should fancy some tall grenadier, ; And make your faithful Prince a cuckold. ; . XXX. , “ Lord, how the boys would hoot, and hollo, The fishwomen my footsteps follow, E’en the blind children of Apollo Would pester me with filthy ditties; While some with bowels of compassion, . As horns are now so much the fashion, Perhaps would moderate their passion, And cry,“ Oh!’tis a thousand pities." XXXI. “ Now though with love the sex may tickle us, I think it mightily ridiculous That men of sense should thus be duped; And tho' I'm gallant to the marrow, I ne'er was wounded by the arrow Of that sly vagabond, young Cupid, XXXII $6 Such iHs must surely have great weight To warn me from the marriage state, For they in time might prove my own; And you perhaps would rue the hour A faithless woman shar'd the power Of GOTHAM's Prince, and Gotham's THRONE, * Heaven bless his Highness!” was the call, XXXV. That thus confirms our humble claim . XXXVI. That man can love, and heart desire; A dauntless monarch is her sire, XXXVII. * For her our ships shall cross the seas, And boldly face the northern breeze, |