Deportmental ditties : and other verses . 22 No. IV. THE PROPOSAL In distant pre-Victorian days, When sentiment was still the fashion, And lovers chose becoming waysTo advertise their passion, The etiquette prescribed by Cupid Was not considered dull or stupid. The ardent suitor of that date, Who sought a maidens hand in marriage,Would drive in state to her front-gate, In his ancestral carriage ;And thence, with mien correct and knightly,Proceed to pay his court politely. When Strephon doffed his beaver hat,And humbly knelt before his goddess,Poor Chloes heart went pit-a-pat In her brocaded bo
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . 22 No. IV. THE PROPOSAL In distant pre-Victorian days, When sentiment was still the fashion, And lovers chose becoming waysTo advertise their passion, The etiquette prescribed by Cupid Was not considered dull or stupid. The ardent suitor of that date, Who sought a maidens hand in marriage,Would drive in state to her front-gate, In his ancestral carriage ;And thence, with mien correct and knightly,Proceed to pay his court politely. When Strephon doffed his beaver hat,And humbly knelt before his goddess,Poor Chloes heart went pit-a-pat In her brocaded bodice ;And while he cut these courtly capers,She shrieked and swooned and had the 23 Deportmental Ditties
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