LADIES' HOOPS.
" Tt cannot bo, it cannot he !" The lady said right mockingly, " Fain would' I grant a parting kiss, But how can it be done in this 9" She painted to her hooped dress, And he sighed out in dire distress— " Full fifteen paces round about— All, me ! it makes' one look so stout; And full five step 3it measures through; Oh, goodness! my! what shall Ido ? We can't c'en take a last embrace, Much less approach with face to face." He walk'd the lady round and round, tShe seemed entrenched upon a mound, Securely spann'd and.fortified, As if all lovers^she.defied. , You'djsay, ifjrou that hoop should see, , A war.whoop it was meant tobe. He wnlk'd the lady round and round, And sank all weary on the ground. " I'm sold," quoth he, " 'tis all no go— O love, how could you serve me so ? Farewell! in foreign lands I'll range, At least until the fashions change." He went to Cal-i-for-ni-a, And in her hoop she walked away; The world once called her quite the ton, And she was hoop'd in fact like one, Such hollow hearts once wore a mask, They dress now a la brandy cask. — American Paper.
LADIES' HOOPS.
Colonist, Issue 73, 2 July 1858, Page 3
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