TOLOUISAM[ARTIN],WHOMIUSEDTOCALL"MONKEY"

tolouisam[artin],whomiusedtocall"monkey"

(1831)

louisa,seriousgrownandmild,

iknewyouoncearompingchild,

obstreperousmuchandverywild.

thenyouwouldclamberupmyknees,

andstrivewitheveryarttotease,

wheneveryartofyourscouldplease.

thosethingswouldscarcebepropernow.

buttheyaregone,iknownothow,

andwoman'swrittenonyourbrow.

timedrawshisfingero'erthescene;

buticannotforgetbetween

thethingtomeyouoncehavebeen

eachsportivesally,wildescape,—

thescoff,thebanter,andthejape,—

andanticsofmygamesomeape.