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Rh That such stony footpaths knew Did your heart ache sometimes, too? Gay Ladies.

Nor the puppet show, nor play May tempt you forth to-day, Gay Ladies, For the latest play outplay'd is, the puppets laid away. Watched by a wither'd crone, Cold as marble, still as stone, At length you sleep alone Gay Ladies.

So farewell you mechlin tête Your hoop, and pannier's state Gay Ladies, A hireling hag your maid is, and when she leaves you, late