A TRUE mirror now I’ll show,
If attention you’ll bestow,–
The present times pourtray’d with its follies, O;
Attention’s all I ask,
While the times I unmask;
Your compliance now with this will be the dandy, O.
With the Ladies to begin,
Their draperies are so thin;
But then you must know, ’tis the fashion, O;
And a smart parasol
Is esteem’d by short and tall;
But from their soul they hate a beau a Dandy, O.
Then Doctors too, you know,
When to patients they do go,
And look so wise in feeling of their pulses, O,
Should we forget the fee,
Our complaint they will not see;
But if they feel our cash, that’s their dandy, O.
Then Lawyers look so grave,
Their clients for to save,
And in their cause are eloquent as can be, O;
But then, would you believe it?
They have a feeling in it,
For to pocket just two-thirds is quite their dandy, O.
The Man of Parliament bows,
And your interest, he vows,
Shall ever be his chiefest study, O;
But then self-interest here
Most plainly does appear,
For a seat in the Lower House is quite his dandy, O.
Then bold in Freedom’s cause,
Our religion and our laws,
He’s caress’d by the people as an angel, O:
But should the ministers bribe,
His tongue, you know, is tied;
A slice of the golden apple’s quite his dandy, O.
The drama, t’other day,
Was fast falling to decay,
And theatres were quite deserted, O:
But now ’tis quite the rage
To put daughters on the stage,
Since marriages with great men are quite the dandy, O.
My song is at an end;
I wish not to offend,–
My lash is only aim’d at folly, O;
If your plaudits I obtain,
The end propos’d I gain,
And your approbation now will be my dandy, O.
(Elizabeth Beverley)
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