“IN teacup-times”! The style of dress <br />Would suit your beauty, I confess; <br /> BELINDA-like, the patch you ’d wear; <br /> I picture you with powdered hair,— <br />You ’d make a charming Shepherdess! <br />And I—no doubt—could well express <br />SIR PLUME’S complete conceitedness,— <br /> Could poise a clouded cane with care <br /> “In teacup-times”! <br /> <br />The parts would fit precisely—yes: <br />We should achieve a huge success! <br /> You should disdain, and I despair, <br /> With quite the true Augustan air; <br />But … could I love you more, or less,— <br /> “In teacup-times”?<br /><br />Austin Henry Dobson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-rondeau-to-ethel/
