he poor lady is a suffering angel.

~171~~

Observe yon graceful modest group{17}
Who look like chaste Diana's troop,
The Ladies Molineaux;
With Sefton, the Nimrod of peers,
As old in honesty,--as years,
A stanch true buff' and blue.
"What portly looking man is that
In plain blue coat,--to whom each hat
Is moved in ride and walk!"
That pleasant fellow, be it known,
Is heir presumptive to the throne,
'Tis Frederick of York.{18}
A better, kinder hearted soul
You will not And, upon the whole,
Within the British isle.
But see where P-t's wife appears,{19}
Who changed, though rather late in years,
For honest George Ar-le.
Now by my faith it gives me pain

17 The female branches of the Sefton family are superior to
the slightest breath of calumny, and present an example to
the peerage worthy of more general imitation.

18 No member of the present royal family displays more
agreeable qualifications in society than the heir
presumptive.--Un-affected, affable, and free, the duke may be
seen daily pacing St. James's-street, Pall-mall, or the
Park, very often wholly un-attended: as his person is
familiar to the public, he never experiences the slightest
inconvenience from curiosity, and he is so generally
beloved, that none pass him who know him without paying
their tribute of respect. In all the private relations of
life he is a most estimable man,--in his public situation
indefatigable, prompt, and attentive to the meanest applica-
tion.

19 A more lamentable instance of the profligacy of the age
cannot be found than in the history of the transaction which
produced this exchange of wives and persons. A wag of the
day published a new list of promotions headed as follows,--
Lady B------n to be Lady A------r P-t,--by exchange--Lady P-t
to be Duchess of A------e,--by promotion--Lady Charlotte W--y
to be Lady P-t, vice Lady P-t, promoted.

~172~~

To see thee, cruel Lady J-,{20}
Regret the golden Ball.
Tis useless now:--"the fox and grapes"
Remember, and avoid the apes
Which wait an old maid's fall.
Gay lady H-----e's twinkling star{21}

20 It is not