Gray Hairs + 

Once on a time a lady quarrelled + 

With the witty Douglass Jerrold, + 

Because that he had been so bold, + 

To hint that she was growing old. + 

She said her hair was dark ’till one day + 

She used an essence turned it gray, + 

O, yes, said he, tincture of time + 

Affects the hair in this our clime. + 