The old dames, jealous of their whispered praise,
Throw in their hints of man's deluding ways;
And one, to give her more effect,
And by example illustrate the fact
Of innocence oercome by flattering man,
Thrice tapped her box, and pinched, and thus began.
Throw in their hints of man's deluding ways;
And one, to give her more effect,
And by example illustrate the fact
Of innocence oercome by flattering man,
Thrice tapped her box, and pinched, and thus began.
John Clare
