ONBEINGASKEDTOWRITEINMISSWESTWOOD'SALBUM

onbeingaskedtowriteinmisswestwood'salbum

myfeeblemuse,thatfainherbestwou'd

write,atcommandoffranceswestwood,

butfeelsherwitsnotintheirbestmood,

felllatelyonsomeidlefancies,

asshe'smuchgiventoromances,

aboutthisself-samestyleasfrances;

whichseemstobeanameincommon

attributedtomanorwoman.

shethencecontrivedthisflatteringmoral,

withwhichshehopesnosoulwillquarrel,

thatshe,whomthistwintitledecks,

combineswhat'sgoodineithersex;

unites—howveryrarethecaseis!—

masculinesensetofemalegraces;

and,quittingnotherproperrank,

isbothinone—fanny,andfrank.

12_thoctober_,1827.