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Rh was a Saracen maiden,
 * Brunette, statuesque,
 * The reverse of grotesque,

Her pa was a bagman at Aden,
 * Her mother she played in burlesque.

A coryphée pretty and loyal,
 * In amber and red.
 * The ballet she led;

Her mother performed at the Royal,
 * at the Saracen's Head.



Of face and of figure majestic,
 * She dazzled the cits—
 * Ecstaticized pits;—

Her troubles were only domestic,
 * But drove her half out of her wits.