LADIES' HOOPS.
" It cannot be, it cannot be!" The lady said right mockingly, " Fain would I grant a parting kiss, But how can it be done in this?" She pointed to her hooped dress, And he sighed out in dire distress— " Full fifteen paces round about — Ah, me! it makes one look so stout; And full five steps it measures through; Oh, goodness 1 my 1 what shall I do ? We can't c'en take a last embrace, Much less approach with face to face." He walk'd the.lady round and round, She seemed entrenched upon a mound, Securely spann'd and fortified, - As if all lovers she defied. You'd say, if you that hoop should see, A war whoop it was meant to be. He walk'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 sop 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 hooped in fact like one, Such hollow hearts once wore a mask, They dress now a la brandy cask. —American Paper.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 605, 25 August 1858, Page 6
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207LADIES' HOOPS. Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 605, 25 August 1858, Page 6
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