XXXVI + 

Ye miracles of courtly grace, + 

He left you first, and I must own + 

The manners of the highest class + 

Have latterly vexatious grown; + 

And though perchance a lady may + 

Discourse of Bentham or of Say, + 

Yet as a rule their talk I call + 

Harmless, but quite nonsensical. + 

Then they’re so innocent of vice, + 

So full of piety, correct, + 

So prudent, and so circumspect + 

Stately, devoid of prejudice, + 

So inaccessible to men, + 

Their looks alone produce the spleen. + 